[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 1/8/2014 3:28:52 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 082028
FLSPHI

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014

NJC021-PAC017-090900-
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MERCER NJ-BUCKS PA-
328 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS AND SOUTH CENTRAL MERCER COUNTIES...

AT 325 PM EST, AN ICE JAM CONTINUES ON THE DELAWARE RIVER ABOUT ONE 
MILE SOUTH OF THE ROUTE 1 BRIDGE. WATER LEVELS HAVE RISEN ABOUT 7 
FEET SINCE LAST NIGHT. 

IN MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY, FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT ROUTE 29 AND 
MARKET STREET. FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED AT THE LOWER STATE HOUSE 
PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO THE RIVER. IN ADDITION, CHUNKS OF ICE ARE 
RISING UP AND OVER THE FENCING ADJACENT TO THE RIVER IN SOME AREAS.

IN LOWER BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, RIVER ROAD IS CLOSED BETWEEN 
BLACK ROAD IN LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP AND EAST TRENTON 
AVENUE/CALHOUN STREET IN MORRISVILLE BOROUGH DUE TO FLOODING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SOME EVACUATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LOTS OF ICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JAM 
IS COMING ONSHORE IN SOME AREAS INCLUDING UP AND OVER SOME FENCING. 
THIS IS A CHANGING AND DANGEROUS SITUATION, THEREFORE PEOPLE ARE 
URGED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE BANKS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER IN THESE 
AREAS.

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. IN ADDITION, THE COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINING WITH THE 
FLOODING CAN RESULT IN THE FLOOD WATERS FREEZING UP. 

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LAT...LON 4024 7485 4026 7482 4017 7471 4014 7472

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GORSE