[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 1/11/2014 2:42:43 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 111942
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
242 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

PAC011-025-077-089-095-112330-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-CARBON PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
242 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 630 PM EST

* AT 234 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH 
THE SOUTHERN POCONOS, THE LOWER LEHIGH VALLEY, AND INTO BERKS 
COUNTY. UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 
ADVISED AREA, WITH ONE-HALF INCH REPORTS MORE COMMON. 

WITH A FROZEN GROUND CAUSING A VERY EFFICIENT RUNOFF COMBINED WITH 
SOME ICE STILL IN STREAMS AND CREEKS, AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. 

THIS EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS... 
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS 
AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 4049 7643 4058 7603 4065 7599 4074 7577
      4091 7600 4100 7575 4102 7574 4105 7577
      4113 7564 4098 7548 4096 7552 4060 7523
      4051 7538 4042 7548 4044 7553 4026 7568
      4013 7588

$$

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