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Posted: (September 06, 2008 05:57 pm)
Heavy Rain is producing flooding over the Delaware Valley. We even had a brief Tornado Warning in Riverside NJ. Expect another 1-3" of rain on top of the 1-3" already across the area today. Most of the rain has occurred in the Lehigh Valley down into the Reading area.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
539 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 536 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES
AND RAIN GAGES INDICATE THAT BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN IN SPOTS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WISSINOMING...WASHINGTON CROSSING...TACONY...NORTHEAST
PHILADELPHIA...HOLMESBURG...CHESTNUT HILL...BENSALEM...ANDALUSIA...
WINDSOR...JOBSTOWN...JACKSONVILLE...GEORGETOWN...EDINBURG...
CROSSWICKS...GERMANTOWN...WOODSIDE...WILLOW GROVE...ROCKLEDGE...
RICHBORO...RADNOR TOWNSHIP...PLYMOUTH MEETING...NEWTOWN...NEW
HOPE...LEVITTOWN...LANGHORNE...IVYLAND...FEASTERVILLE...BRYN
MAWR...BRISTOL...AMBLER...WILLINGBORO...WHITE HORSE...TRENTON...
RIVERSIDE...PRINCETON...PENNINGTON...MERCERVILLE-HAMILTON SQUARE...
LAWRENCEVILLE...HOPEWELL...FLORENCE...EWING...BURLINGTON...
BORDENTOWN...BEVERLY AND ALLENTOWN
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT
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Posted: (September 06, 2008 08:22 pm)
a tornado warning in Bensalem PA and got squadoosh. Total rainfall is about 3" though which would cause some flooding.
