[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/2/2014 5:01:52 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 022101
FLSPHI

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

NJC027-037-041-030000-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
501 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 500 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
RAINFALL WAS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR. THIS 
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME COULD CAUSE 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 4120 7437 4109 7450 4104 7450 4105 7445
      4102 7443 4103 7442 4100 7430 4097 7428
      4093 7429 4090 7427 4090 7433 4088 7433
      4080 7461 4092 7508 4124 7442

$$

ROBERTSON