[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/8/2014 5:04:56 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 082204
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
504 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014

PAC095-090945-
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NORTHAMPTON PA-
504 PM EST WED JAN 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 445 AM EST THURSDAY

* AT 448 PM EST...AN ICE JAM WAS REPORTED ON THE LEHIGH RIVER JUST 
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE OLD GLENDON BRIDGE IN EASTON PA. WATER AND ICE 
ARE NOW COVERING PARTS OF LEHIGH DRIVE UPSTREAM FROM THE JAM. SOME 
HOMES ALONG LEHIGH DRIVE MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. WITH COLD 
TEMPERATURES PERSISTING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...THIS JAM 
SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...ICE 
JAMS CAN BEHAVE ERRATICALLY, AND RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG THE 
LEHIGH RIVER...FROM NEAR THE OLD GLENDON BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM TO ITS 
CONFLUENCE WITH THE DELAWARE RIVER...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY 
CHANGING CONDITIONS UNTIL THE JAM CLEARS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF DAYS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4069 7522 4067 7521 4061 7532 4064 7533

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