[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 7/15/2014 5:51:45 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 152150
FLSPHI

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

NJC019-023-027-035-160145-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTERDON NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
550 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT

* AT 547 PM EDT METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A THUNDERSTORM        
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES
  OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. SOME LOCATIONS IN        
  THE ADVISORY AREA HAD HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT. THUS...ANY ADDITIONAL 
  RAIN WILL QUICKLY BECOME RUNOFF AND LEAD TO PONDING IN             
  POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

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 4037 7458 4050 7494 4093 7460 4078 7436
      4073 7437 4068 7445 4066 7445 4067 7440
      4062 7442 4060 7444 4061 7435 4060 7434

$$

SFJ