[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/9/2014 11:45:24 AM

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Thu Jan 9 11:45:24 EST 2014


WGUS41 KPHI 091645
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1145 AM EST THU JAN 9 2014

PAC095-100945-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140110T0945Z/
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NORTHAMPTON PA-
1145 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 AM EST FRIDAY

* AT 1136 AM EST...AN ICE JAM WAS STILL IN PLACE ALONG THE LEHIGH 
RIVER JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THE OLD GLENDON BRIDGE IN EASTON PA. 
WATER AND ICE WERE COVERING PARTS OF LEHIGH DRIVE UPSTREAM FROM THE 
JAM. SOME HOMES ALONG LEHIGH DRIVE MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. WITH BELOW 
FREEZING TEMPERATURES PERSISTING THROUGH TONIGHT, THIS JAM SHOULD 
REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST THROUGH SUNRISE FRIDAY 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.

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

&&

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

$$

KRUZDLO








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