[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/18/2015 4:18:47 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 182118
FLWPHI

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

DEC003-NJC005-007-015-033-PAC017-029-045-091-101-190430-
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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-
418 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 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 1130 PM EST

* AT 409 PM AT LEAST THREE GAUGED STREAMS WERE IN FLOOD AND
  PROBABLY A FEW OTHER TRIBUTARIES WERE IN FLOOD.  THOSE STREAMS
  KNOWN TO BE IN FLOOD WERE THE CRISTINA IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...THE
  PENNYPACK IN PHILADELPHIA AND THE CRUM CREEK IN NEWTOWN SQUARE. 
  THE CHESTER CREEK IN CHESTER PENNSYLVANIA WAS APPROACHING FLOOD
  BUT MAY CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE.   

* RECORD DAILY RAINFALL IN THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR FROM
  WILMINGTON TO PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON OCCURRED TODAY. THE RAIN
  HAS ENDED BUT RUNOFF FROM THE 1.5 TO NEARLY 2 INCH RAINS MAY FORCE
  SOME STREAMS INTO FLOOD LATER TONIGHT.  THEREFORE...THE AT LEAST
  TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE WARNING INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.  

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE STEADY. 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 ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

&&

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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