[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 8/24/2015 8:40:58 PM

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WGUS81 KPHI 250040
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
840 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2015

NJC037-PAC089-095-250445-
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SUSSEX NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-MONROE PA-
840 PM EDT MON AUG 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 838 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
  THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY 
  AREA. ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN 
  SOME AREAS WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH POSSIBLE. THIS COULD CAUSE 
  MINOR ROADWAY AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...SKYTOP...STORMVILLE...SCOTRUN...
  ROSSLAND...TANNERSVILLE...REEDERS...MOUNTAINHOME...HERNYVILLE...
  ECHO LAKE...WERRY LAKE...BRODHEADSVILLE...MCMICHAEL...KUNKLETOWN...
  CANADENSIS...ANALOMINK...SUN VALLEY...PARADISE VALLEY AND GILBERT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4110 7497
      4081 7545 4092 7554 4125 7522 4125 7513

$$

ROBERTSON




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