[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 6/25/2014 8:29:55 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 260029
FLSPHI

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

NJC019-027-035-037-041-PAC011-017-029-077-091-095-260430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0293.140626T0029Z-140626T0430Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-BERKS PA-
BUCKS PA-LEHIGH PA-MONTGOMERY PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-CHESTER PA-
829 PM EDT WED JUN 25 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...
  NORTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  LEHIGH COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTH CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 828 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...

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.

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 4120 7437 4109 7450 4103 7450 4106 7445
      4102 7443 4100 7430 4089 7427 4090 7433
      4073 7437 4068 7445 4067 7440 4062 7442
      4005 7594 4011 7595 4014 7589 4029 7610
      4096 7512 4100 7513 4109 7496 4136 7470

$$

ROBERTSON