[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/9/2014 3:08:21 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 090808
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
308 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014

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MERCER NJ-BUCKS PA-
308 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EST THURSDAY

* AT 302 AM EST AN ICE JAM CONTINUES ON THE DELAWARE RIVER ABOUT
  ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE ROUTE 1 BRIDGE. WATER LEVELS HAVE 
  STEADIED, BUT MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR AT THE 
  DELAWARE RIVER GAGE  AT THE CALHOUN STREET BRIDGE
 
* IN MERCER COUNTY NEW JERSEY, FLOODING WAS REPORTED 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 WAS CLOSED BETWEEN
  BLACK ROAD IN LOWER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP AND EAST TRENTON 
  AVENUE/CALHOUN STREET IN MORRISVILLE BOROUGH DUE TO FLOODING.

* TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GET CLOSE TO FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON,
  WHICH MIGHT START LOOSENING THE JAM. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES 
WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL 
INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF 
EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AND OFFICIALS IF TOLD TO EVACUATE.

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

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TFG