[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/9/2009 5:58:16 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 091057
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
557 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY 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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DEC003-091657-
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/CHBD1.3.ER.091209T1155Z.091209T1600Z.091209T2145Z.NR/
557 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET. 
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 12.9 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* 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    9.04  WED 6 AM    12.9  WED 11 AM

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