[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/9/2014 4:08:17 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 090908
FLWPHI

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

PAC095-092145-
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NORTHAMPTON PA-
408 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 445 PM EST THURSDAY

* AT 400 AM EST...AN ICE JAM IS STILL IN PLACE ALONG 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 MORNING HOURS...THIS JAM 
SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 
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.
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.

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LAT...LON 4069 7522 4067 7521 4061 7532 4064 7533

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