[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/2/2014 4:56:29 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 022056
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
456 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

PAC011-022300-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-
456 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 453 PM EDT AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE 
ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE AN INCH OR MORE OF 
RAIN IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. SOME AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 
AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. THIS ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREA FLOODING AND 
CREATE SHARP RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 4044 7629 4057 7572 4054 7568 4021 7576
      4019 7579 4018 7595 4029 7612 4036 7621
      4036 7623 4038 7627

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ROBERTSON