[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 6/26/2006 8:40:13 PM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

WWUS81 KPHI 270039
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
839 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006

PAZ060-067-068-071-270645-
BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...READING...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN
839 PM EDT MON JUN 26 2006

...NEAR BANKFULL RISES MOVING DOWN THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER...

HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS IS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT RISES
ALONG THE MAIN STEM OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER THIS MONDAY EVENING.
THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE CRESTED AT 11.96 FEET AT 4 PM, JUST
BELOW THE 12 FOOT FLOOD STAGE AT THAT LOCATION. AT 8 PM, THE WATER
LEVEL OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT READING WAS 12.4 FEET AND NEAR
CREST. FLOOD STAGE AT READING IS 13.0 FEET. 

AS THIS WATER MOVES DOWNSTREAM, SIGNIFICANT RISES WILL CONTINUE
ALONG THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER. A CREST OF NEAR
12.5 FEET IS EXPECTED AT POTTSTOWN AROUND MIDNIGHT OR SO. FLOOD
STAGE AT POTTSTOWN IS 13 FEET. EVEN FURTHER DOWNSTREAM, AT
PHILADELPHIA, A CREST OF NEAR 10 FEET IS EXPECTED TOWARD MORNING.
FLOOD STAGE AT PHILADELPHIA IS 11 FEET.

ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY AS A STORM MOVES NORTH FROM FLORIDA. GIVEN THE VERY WET
CONDITIONS THAT ALREADY EXIST OVER THE AREA, RISES ALONG THE
SCHUYLKILL RIVER AND ALL ITS FEEDER STREAMS ARE LIKELY. RESIDENTS
IN THE SCHUYLKILL BASIN SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE
ISSUED LATER IN THE WEEK.

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