[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 6/25/2014 6:54:44 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 252253
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
653 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

PAC011-025-077-089-095-260245-
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BERKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-CARBON PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
653 PM EDT WED JUN 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 647 PM EDT A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY       
  RAINFALL WAS MOVING INTO THE ADVISED AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND       
  STORMS ARE PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF
  INCHES PER HOUR. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A ONE HOUR TIME FRAME 
  WILL LEAD TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND SOME RISES ON CREEKS      
  AND STREAMS. 

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

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 4058 7603 4065 7599 4074 7577 4092 7600
      4100 7575 4110 7576 4114 7569 4113 7564
      4123 7554 4126 7514 4116 7515 4114 7508
      4109 7503 4109 7497 4099 7513 4095 7511
      4028 7609 4048 7641

$$

ROBERTSON