[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/2/2013 8:58:17 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 021258
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
858 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

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CAPE MAY NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
858 AM EDT MON SEP 2 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CAPE MAY COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 856 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SLOWLY MOVING  
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CENTERED AROUND THE COUNTY
  BORDERS OF CAPE MAY, CUMBERLAND AND ATLANTIC. ONE HOUR 
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE LIKELY WITH THE 
  STRONGER STORMS.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
 
&&

LAT...LON 3930 7469 3927 7492 3938 7516 3952 7499
      3952 7498 3972 7474 3967 7466 3962 7465
      3961 7459 3959 7455 3957 7454 3957 7451
      3955 7447

$$

TFG