[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 5/16/2014 12:47:57 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 161647
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1247 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

DEC003-PAC029-045-162245-
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DELAWARE PA-NEW CASTLE DE-CHESTER PA-
1247 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 1243 PM EDT...SPOTTER REPORTS AND AUTOMATED OBSERVATIONS 
INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THE 
LAST SEVERAL HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SMALL CREEKS AND 
STREAMS TO LEAVE THEIR BANKS. MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS, AND OTHER 
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS, INCLUDING UNDERPASSES, IS 
LIKELY. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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.

DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS COULD PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK AND COST YOU
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VEHICLE REPAIRS. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE DEEPER
THAN YOU THINK. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 7542 4000 7533 3990 7526 3988 7526
      3987 7525 3985 7530 3984 7535 3979 7541
      3965 7572 3971 7579 3972 7579 3972 7580
      3987 7596

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