[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 6/13/2014 8:33:43 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 131233
FLSPHI

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
833 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

PAC011-017-029-077-091-131645-
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BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MONTGOMERY PA-CHESTER PA-
833 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR SMALL
STREAMS IN NORTHERN CHESTER...WESTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN
LEHIGH...WEST CENTRAL BUCKS AND SOUTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTIES...

AT 825 AM EDT THE RAIN HAS ENDED BUT RUNOFF FROM OVERNIGHT RAINFALL 
OF 1 TO APPROXIMATELY 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WAS STILL 
CAUSING SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS TO BE IN FLOOD.  

AMONG THESE WERE THE FRENCH CREEK AT PHOENIXVILLE WHICH WAS SHOWING 
SIGNS OF CRESTING HALF A FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND THE PERKIOMEN 
CREEK AT EAST GREENVILLE WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CRESTING ABOUT 
1 FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 

THE WEST BRANCH PERKIOMEN AT HILLEGASS CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND 
WAS NOW RECEDING.

ALL OF THESE SMALL STREAMS SHOULD BE IN RECESSION LATE THIS MORNING. 

ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS IS 
POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

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.

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.

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LAT...LON 4064 7566 4053 7534 3993 7552 3993 7553
      3992 7552 3993 7554 3992 7555 4010 7591

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DRAG