[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 5/24/2013 3:59:20 AM

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FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

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MORRIS NJ-
358 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 830 AM EDT

* THE LATEST GAUGE OBSERVATION ON THE EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK
  ROAD SHOWED THAT THE WATERWAY WAS STILL ABOVE ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 
  2.5 FEET, BUT HAD CRESTED. WHILE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL FALL TODAY,  
  THE OVERALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHTER THAN YESTERDAY. THE EAST DITCH
  SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES 
WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL 
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD 
RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER 
COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS 
A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING 
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 7427 4090 7433 4089 7434 4089 7436
      4096 7436 4097 7428 4094 7428 4093 7429
      4091 7427

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