[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/6/2014 2:44:32 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 061843
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
243 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

PAC029-062245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0370.140906T1843Z-140906T2245Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHESTER PA-
243 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 242 PM EDT METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A SLOW MOVING         
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER  
  RADAR INDICATES OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND UP TO   
  AN ADDITIONAL TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

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 3988 7599 3992 7600 3997 7600 4004 7594
      4009 7594 4021 7560 3985 7564 3985 7601
      3987 7601

$$

SFJ