[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/12/2014 8:12:07 PM

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WGUS51 KPHI 130011
FFWPHI
NJC011-130415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0050.140813T0011Z-140813T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
811 PM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MILLVILLE...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 808 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WAS MOVING SLOWLY IN CUMBERLAND   
  COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES OF AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN  
  PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PORT
  ELIZABETH...NEWPORT...MAURICETOWN...LAUREL LAKE...CUMBERLAND...
  CEDARVILLE...BRICKSBORO AND DIVIDING CREEK

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.

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LAT...LON 3920 7504 3920 7511 3919 7511 3918 7513
      3919 7516 3920 7518 3923 7518 3927 7525
      3946 7509 3938 7487

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