FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1048 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE MILLSTONE RIVER AT BLACKWELLS MILLS.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 10:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
TO NEAR 10.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...THE D and R CANAL IS FLOODED BY THE MILLSTONE RIVER
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FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
MILLSTONE RIVER
BLACKWELLS MILL 9.0 6.07 WED 10 AM 10.5 THU 7 AM
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1036 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON...
MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PERTH AMBOY...NEW BRUNSWICK...
SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE...
HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 330 PM EST
* AT 1032 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED
ONLY SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED TO THE
EAST. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY, THE
DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE
EITHER FLOODING OR AT LEAST ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE
ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE TO DRAINAGE ISSUES. THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
EXTENDED.
THE GAGES INDICATED THAT STONY BROOK IN NORTH PLAINFIELD...GREEN
BROOK IN PLAINFIELD...AND PIKE RUN IN BELLE MEAD WERE ALL ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE. THE GAGES ALSO INDICATED THAT THE ASSUNPINK CREEK IN
TRENTON...THE MILLSTONE RIVER AT GRIGGSTOWN...AND THE NORTH BRANCH
RARITAN RIVER AT SOUTH BRANCH WERE ALL ABOVE CAUTION STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4059 7420 4050 7426 4045 7422 4039 7425
4017 7461 4013 7460 4017 7472 4034 7495
4040 7497 4043 7506 4056 7511 4057 7520
4058 7520 4078 7490 4071 7474 4074 7456
4064 7452 4067 7446 4064 7440 4059 7444
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KRUZDLO
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1200 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST
THURSDAY.
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH WILL CAUSE A COLD FRONT TO
CROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE
WEST OR SOUTHWEST WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT. GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS VERY WET FROM EARLIER RAINS, SO THE
POSSIBILITY OF TREES A FEW TREES TOPPLING IS GREATER THAN WITH DRY
GROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH AND/OR GUSTS
OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT ARE OUTDOORS.
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