[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flood Statement 16:00:57.8761

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WGUS81 KPHI 032000
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Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
400 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2018

DEC001-003-040000-
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New Castle DE-Kent DE-
400 PM EDT MON SEP 3 2018

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flood Advisory for Minor Flooding in Poor Drainage Areas for...
  Southwestern New Castle County in northern Delaware...
  Northern Kent County in central Delaware...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 400 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
  thunderstorms. This will cause minor flooding. Overflowing poor
  drainage areas will result in minor flooding in the advisory area.
  Up to one inch of rain has already fallen.

* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
  Dover, Smyrna, Clayton, Cheswold, Woodland Beach, Green Spring,
  Dover Speedway, Townsend, Kenton, Little Creek, Leipsic,
  Chambersville, Kent Acres and Rodney Village.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated, or ponding
of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.

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LAT...LON 3940 7549 3939 7549 3936 7546 3923 7537
      3913 7537 3913 7567 3942 7572

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MPS


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