[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flood Statement 23:48:48.6901

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Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1148 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2020

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Lehigh PA-Carbon PA-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
1148 PM EDT Fri Jul 10 2020

...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR LEHIGH...
CARBON...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

At 1146 PM EDT, county officials continued to report flooding in
portions of the warning area from earlier heavy rainfall. Road
closures exist on State Highway 143 in Tobyhanna and in several
locations in Lower Macungie Township in Lehigh County. The most
likely areas for flooding are in northern Carbon and Monroe
Counties, where radar estimates rainfall totals in excess of 3
inches occurred. Though the heavy rainfall has ended, runoff will
continue to pose problems for the next couple of hours.

Some locations that could experience flooding include...
Allentown, Easton, Lehighton, Mount Pocono, Bethlehem, Forks, Emmaus,
Northampton, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Wilson, Hellertown,
Nazareth, Palmerton, Bangor, Jim Thorpe, Slatington, Pen Argyl,
Nesquehoning and Wind Gap.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall
take priority.  Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause
greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be
followed.

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4098 7514 4086 7505 4085 7509 4075 7519
      4060 7520 4053 7534 4042 7549 4067 7588
      4074 7576 4091 7599 4101 7573 4109 7577
      4113 7569 4112 7564 4123 7554 4125 7513

$$

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