FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 302 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EST
* AT 256 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AS WELL AS
SPOTTERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND ONE
AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT.
MUCH OF THE SNOWPACK HAS ALSO MELTED. THIS HAS ADDED APPROXIMATELY
ANOTHER ONE INCH TO THE RUNOFF.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED.
SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE. THE COOPER RIVER IN
HADDONFIELD REMAINS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE
RANCOCAS IN VINCENTOWN HAS RISEN FOUR FEET AND REMAINS ABOVE CAUTION
STAGE. THE SOUTHWEST BRANCH OF THE RANCOCAS IN MEDFORD HAS RISEN
NEARLY SIX FEET. THE RACCOON CREEK IN SWEDESBORO IS APPROACHING
FLOOD STAGE.
ADDITIONAL RISES ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3951 7499 3966 7520 3968 7532 3978 7543
3985 7535 3985 7525 3988 7515 3995 7514
3998 7511 3997 7509 4006 7495 4007 7488
4012 7483 4012 7476 4017 7469 4012 7459
3994 7449
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KRUZDLO
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 310 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING.
AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE AREA HAS CREATED EAST TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS WHICH HAVE CAUSED WATER LEVELS IN THE DELAWARE BAY AND
RIVER TO BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. THESE ELEVATED LEVELS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. MINOR TIDAL
FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BAY AND RIVER. HIGH
TIDE OCCURS AT PHILADELPHIA AROUND 9 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
MAKE SURE YOUR CAR IS NOT PARKED IN AN AREA THAT RECEIVES TIDAL
FLOODING.
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