[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/15/2014 1:22:58 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 151722
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
122 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

NJC005-019-021-023-025-027-029-035-152015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0332.140715T1722Z-140715T2015Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
BURLINGTON NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
122 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 120 PM EDT METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING SCATTERED             
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA.   
  THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL ON SOILS THAT ARE ALREADY NEAR SATURATED 
  FROM HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT. THUS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL        
  QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF AND LEAD TO PONDING ON ROADS AND LOW SPOTS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4008 7442 3988 7480 4013 7476 4016 7472
      4018 7475 4037 7471 4060 7491 4093 7435
      4083 7432 4079 7436 4073 7437 4068 7445
      4067 7440 4060 7444 4060 7426 4051 7424
      4049 7426 4041 7422

$$

JOHNSON