FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 854 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 600 AM EST SUNDAY
* AT 850 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 FRIDAY NIGHT.
MUCH OF THE SNOWPACK HAS ALSO MELTED. THIS HAS ADDED APPROXIMATELY
ANOTHER ONE INCH TO THE RUNOFF.
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 AND ONE-HALF FEET AND REMAINS
ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. THE SOUTHWEST BRANCH OF THE RANCOCAS IN MEDFORD
HAS RISEN NEARLY SEVEN FEET. THE RACCOON CREEK IN SWEDESBORO IS ALSO
ABOVE 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...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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
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