[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/14/2014 5:55:51 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 142154
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
554 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

NJC019-027-041-150145-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-MORRIS NJ-
554 PM EDT MON JUL 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 552 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA MOVING INTO NEW      
  JERSEY AT AROUND 15 MPH. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS CAPABLE OF  
  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR. PONDING OF WATER 
  ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN SPOTS    
  INTO THE EVENING HOURS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN 
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER 
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED OR PONDING
OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 7427 4073 7437 4065 7451 4076 7455
      4072 7472 4062 7470 4048 7478 4038 7495
      4045 7507 4056 7509 4058 7520 4075 7520
      4086 7505 4098 7514 4108 7500 4090 7471
      4109 7450 4103 7450 4105 7445 4097 7428

$$

JJM