FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 800 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NORTH BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK AT PEMBERTON.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.89 FEET AND SLOWLY FALLING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 2.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL VERY SLOWLY AND SHOULD
REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE INTO THURSDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 2.5 FEET...SOME MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN EASTAMPTON
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FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
PASSAIC RIVER
PINE BROOK 19.0 19.11 MON 7 PM 19.2 TUE 7 AM
RANCOCAS CREEK
PEMBERTON 2.5 2.89 MON 8 PM CRESTED AT 3.06 FEET 1 AM MON
NOW SLOWLY FALLING.
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 142 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST
TUESDAY.
STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL
THEN CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS MIGHT EVEN KNOCK
DOWN SOME TREES DUE TO THE WET GROUND FROM RECENT RAINS.
ALSO, TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY COLD. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT
IN WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO IN THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW
JERSEY. FARTHER SOUTH, WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO THE SINGLE
DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. IF YOU PLAN ON VENTURING OUTSIDE ON TUESDAY, BE
SURE TO BUNDLE UP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
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