[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/10/2015 2:16:35 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 101815
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EDT THU SEP 10 2015

PAC101-102115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0023.150910T1815Z-150910T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHILADELPHIA PA-
215 PM EDT THU SEP 10 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 210 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN 
  OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 
  THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. THE RUNOFF FROM THE VERY 
  HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED THE FRANKFORD CREEK IN THE FRANKFORD SECTION 
  OF PHILADELPHIA TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RUNOFF WILL 
  MAINTAIN ELEVATED WATER LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PHILADELPHIA...KENSINGTON AND CENTER CITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN 
REPORTED. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS 
IMMEDIATELY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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 3997 7510 3996 7513 3994 7515 4004 7518
      4005 7509 3999 7506

$$

GORSE




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