[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Statement : PHI@ 9/10/2015 10:17:51 PM

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WGUS71 KPHI 110217
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1017 PM EDT THU SEP 10 2015

NJC015-PAC045-101-110400-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-150911T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GLOUCESTER NJ-DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-
1017 PM EDT THU SEP 10 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER...SOUTHEASTERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHWESTERN
PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

AT 1010 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED 
THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS 
WITHIN MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SOME RAIN GAUGE REPORTS INDICATE 
THAT UP TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN WITHIN 90 MINUTES. THIS AMOUNT OF 
RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING, 
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS. AS OF 1012 PM, THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS 
LOCATED IN WESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY.

AS OF 1000 PM, PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECORDED NEARLY 2 
INCHES OF RAIN.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PHILADELPHIA...CHESTER...DEPTFORD...WEST DEPTFORD...WOODBURY...
FOLCROFT...PAULSBORO...WESTVILLE...WOODBURY HEIGHTS...NATIONAL
PARK...SOUTH PHILADELPHIA...GIBBSTOWN...PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL ARPT...CHESTER TOWNSHIP...DARBY
TOWNSHIP...BECKETT...NETHER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP...BROOKHAVEN AND
GLENOLDEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

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

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3993 7517 3981 7508 3975 7538 3987 7543

$$

GORSE
PHI-5936

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