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WGUS71 KPHI 130909
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
509 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
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CUMBERLAND NJ-SALEM NJ-
509 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR CENTRAL CUMBERLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTIES...
AT 509 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 ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
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...
MILLVILLE, BRIDGETON, SHILOH, FAIRTON, CEDARVILLE, NEWPORT,
ROSENHAYN, SEABROOK FARMS, FORTESQUE, DIVIDING CREEK, OLIVET, AND
PORT NORRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3949 7538 3956 7517 3956 7515 3923 7502
3922 7511 3920 7523 3930 7528 3932 7529
3939 7533
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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