[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/22/2014 12:47:08 AM

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WGUS71 KPHI 220446
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1246 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

NJC023-035-220730-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
1246 AM EDT FRI AUG 22 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX AND NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTIES...

AT 1242 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD LEFT THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...WITH SOME 
LOCATIONS RECEIVING OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN...RUNOFF WILL BE SLOW TO 
RECEDE AND DOWN STREAM LOCATIONS ALONG SMALL STREAMS...INCLUDING 
MIDDLE BROOK MAY CONTINUE TO RISE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. 
THEREFORE...THE WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 330 AM EDT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FAR HILLS...
PEAPACK AND GLADSTONE AND BASKING RIDGE

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4051 7434 4048 7465 4053 7473 4062 7470
      4064 7473 4067 7473 4073 7470 4076 7455
      4070 7451 4068 7453 4065 7452 4067 7446
      4067 7440 4060 7444 4061 7431

$$

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