[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flood Statement 16:21:48.0332

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WGUS81 KPHI 202021
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
421 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016

NJC023-202115-
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MIDDLESEX NJ-
421 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 419 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL CAUSE
  MINOR FLOODING. OVERFLOWING POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL RESULT IN
  MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

* RADAR INDICATES ONE HALF TO 1 INCH HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PARTS
  OF THE ADVISORY AREA.

* SOME AREAS WHERE MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR ARE NEAR SOUTH
  PLAINFIELD AND METUCHEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS RIVER OR STREAM FLOWS ARE ELEVATED...OR
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
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 4053 7432 4050 7446 4060 7445 4061 7435
      4061 7431 4059 7429

$$

DRAG


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