[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 9:25:42 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 010125
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
925 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED 
A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY... 

  PEQUANNOCK RIVER BELOW MACOPIN DAM AFFECTING MORRIS AND
  PASSAIC COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. 
THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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925 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PEQUANNOCK RIVER BELOW MACOPIN DAM.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 6.1 FEET BY TOMORROW EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE ON FRIDAY BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 6.5 FEET...BOTH MAIN STREETS IN BUTLER AND BLOOMINGDALE FLOOD. 
  SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE ALSO FLOODED. THE HAMBURG TURNPIKE 
  EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. FLOODING EXPANDS TO THE EAST SIDE OF 
  BLOOMINGDALE. SLOAN PARK IS FLOODED.

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                   FLD     OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME     CREST

PEQUANNOCK RIVER
  MACOPIN DAM      5.5    5.29  WED 9 PM     6.1    THU 8 PM 

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