[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/6/2014 2:59:15 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 061858
FLSPHI

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

NJC019-021-023-035-062300-
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/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-SOMERSET NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
258 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 256 PM EDT METEOROLOGISTS WERE MONITORING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND 
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THIS HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO  
  PONDING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS INCLUDING URBAN AREAS. PORTIONS OF  
  THE ADVISORY AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN     
  OVER AN HOUR.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
ADVISED AREA.

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 4051 7428 4032 7478 4050 7505 4065 7480
      4070 7460 4069 7453 4065 7452 4067 7447
      4067 7440 4060 7444 4061 7431 4060 7429
      4061 7421 4059 7420

$$

SFJ