[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flood Statement 22:35:19.3843

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WGUS81 KPHI 140235
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1035 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

PAC025-089-140630-
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MONROE PA-CARBON PA-
1035 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHEASTERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 230 AM EDT

* AT 1033 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
  THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
  UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...CHRISTMANS...SCOTRUN...
  TANNERSVILLE...MOUNTAINHOME...REEDERS...POCONO PINES...LONG POND...
  HERNYVILLE...MCMICHAEL...MECKESVILLE...BLAKESLEE...ANALOMINK...
  SUN VALLEY...PARADISE VALLEY...JONAS...ALBRIGHTSVILLE...
  POCONO RACEWAY AND LAKE HARMONY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA IN
THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. ADDITIONAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE
INTO THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT AS WELL. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING.

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...DON'T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4101 7508 4092 7579 4099 7578 4101 7573
      4103 7574 4104 7577 4110 7575 4113 7570
      4113 7566 4112 7565 4114 7562 4119 7524

$$

MWG


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