[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/10/2014 3:00:41 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 100800
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014

PAC095-101545-
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NORTHAMPTON PA-
300 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 1045 AM EST

* AT 258 AM EST A PART OF THE ICE JAM WAS STILL IN PLACE ALONG THE   
  LEHIGH RIVER JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM THE OLD GLENDON BRIDGE IN EASTON 
  PA. WHILE THE RIVER HAS RECEDED, ICE WAS COVERING PARTS OF LEHIGH 
  DRIVE UPSTREAM FROM THE JAM.  WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES
  PERSISTING INTO THE MORNING, THIS JAM SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE.
  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 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.
 
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LAT...LON 4069 7522 4067 7521 4061 7532 4064 7533

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