[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/16/2015 3:13:12 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 161912
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
312 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2015

NJC041-161945-
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WARREN NJ-
312 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2015

...THE FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL WARREN COUNTY...

AT 309 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING. OVERFLOWING POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...BELVIDERE...OXFORD AND BRASS CASTLE. 

BELVIDERE HAS REPORTED NEARLY 1.4 INCHES AS OF 3 PM.  DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATES THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEAKENING RAPIDLY AND THIS ADVISORY 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 345 PM WITH A MAXIMUM ISOLATED TOTAL IN 
THE ADVISORY AREA MAYBE AROUND 1.8 INCHES. 
 

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.

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 4078 7494 4075 7499 4076 7502 4079 7509
      4083 7507 4085 7503 4085 7499

$$
DRAG




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