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WGUS71 KPHI 130746
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
DEC001-131015-
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KENT DE-
346 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR KENT COUNTY...
AT 346 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS, AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
DOVER, SMYRNA, CAMDEN, CLAYTON, CHESWOLD, BOWERS, WOODSIDE, VIOLA,
HARTLY, DOVER SPEEDWAY, RISING SUN, AND RISING SUN-LEBANON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3918 7575 3922 7575 3931 7560 3931 7557
3933 7557 3940 7544 3939 7543 3906 7537
3892 7573
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MPS
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