[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 5/1/2014 9:43:12 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 011342
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
942 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014

DEC003-MDC015-PAC011-029-045-091-101-011645-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
942 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT 939 AM EDT...MANY STREAMS HAVE RECEDED BACK INTO THEIR BANKS    
  AFTER FLOODING FROM YESTERDAYS HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...WATER         
  CONTINUES TO CAUSE MINOR PROBLEMS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND OTHER     
  POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS. THE AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE     
  BEEN EXTENDED INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON TO PROVIDE ENOUGH TIME FOR 
  EXCESS WATER TO DRAIN.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.

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 4058 7603 4065 7599 4068 7589 4012 7497
      4005 7497 3995 7514 3988 7515 3985 7534
      3976 7546 3962 7560 3960 7560 3963 7556
      3951 7555 3949 7600 3972 7623 3973 7614
      3979 7605 4011 7595 4014 7589 4050 7644

$$

JJM