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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
543 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2023
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 543 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IN 1
HOUR. 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...
NEW BRUNSWICK, PERTH AMBOY, SOMERSET, EDISON, EAST BRUNSWICK,
SAYREVILLE, CARTERET, MIDDLESEX, COLONIA, SOCIETY HILL,
WOODBRIDGE, AND SOUTH PLAINFIELD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE BETWEEN EXITS 11 AND 13.
INTERSTATE 287 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 8.
GARDEN STATE PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 122 AND 134.
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES,
DIPS, OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM,
EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER FIND ANOTHER ROUTE
OVER HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4055 7449 4059 7448 4061 7431 4059 7429
4060 7426 4060 7421 4059 7420 4056 7422
4055 7425 4052 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428
4049 7429 4049 7427 4047 7427 4046 7426
4046 7424 4044 7425 4049 7446
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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