[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/9/2009 5:43:52 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 091043
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
543 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN DELAWARE... 

  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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DEC003-091643-
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/CHBD1.1.ER.091209T1249Z.091209T1500Z.091209T1617Z.NO/
543 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 11.0 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

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                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    8.03  WED 5 AM    11.0  WED 10 AM

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