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WGUS71 KPHI 130918
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
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ATLANTIC NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
518 AM EDT WED SEP 13 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ATLANTIC, NORTHWESTERN CAPE MAY, AND
SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 518 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. 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...
VINELAND, MILLVILLE, CUMBERLAND, LAUREL LAKE, WOODBINE, ESTELL
MANOR, CORBIN CITY, BRICKSBORO, PORT ELIZABETH, BELLEPLAIN FOREST,
MAURICETOWN, AND LEESBURG.
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.
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 3942 7509 3946 7510 3946 7509 3946 7508
3949 7474 3930 7477 3914 7480 3913 7489
3912 7502
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MPS
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