[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/18/2015 11:44:25 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 181643
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1143 AM EST SUN JAN 18 2015

DEC003-NJC005-007-015-033-PAC017-029-045-091-101-182230-
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CAMDEN NJ-BUCKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-DELAWARE PA-
GLOUCESTER NJ-CHESTER PA-NEW CASTLE DE-BURLINGTON NJ-SALEM NJ-
1143 AM EST SUN JAN 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 1136 AM EST...HEAVY RAIN WAS FORCING SMALL STREAMS FROM
  NORTHERN DELAWARE INTO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TO RISE SHARPLY.
  IT IS EXPECTED THAT STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.75 INCHES BY 3
  PM WILL FORCE SEVERAL SMALL STREAMS IN THE WILMINGTON PHILADELPHIA
  CORRIDOR TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS BETWEEN NOON AND 3 PM. COBBS
  CREEK HAS ALREADY RISEN 3 FEET IN 3 HOURS AND SHOULD SOON EXCEED
  FLOOD STAGE. THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE WAS NOW RISING
  RAPIDLY.        

* RAIN WILL DIMINISH AND END DURING MID AND LATE AFTERNOON BUT SMALL
  STREAMS WILL CONTINUE RISING EVEN AS THE RAIN ENDS WITH RESIDUAL
  FLOODING POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THIS EVENING.   

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

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.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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LAT...LON 4044 7517 4004 7463 3971 7504 3954 7554
      3957 7552 3959 7555 3958 7556 3953 7556
      3946 7577 3998 7579

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