[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/9/2009 9:49:08 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 091448
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
948 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

DEC003-MDC015-NJC005-007-015-033-PAC017-029-045-091-101-091945-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0027.000000T0000Z-091209T1945Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CECIL MD-SALEM NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-DELAWARE PA-PHILADELPHIA PA-
CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-BUCKS PA-NEW CASTLE DE-BURLINGTON NJ-
948 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON...
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK...MIDDLETOWN...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST CHESTER...
  DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...
  BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 245 PM EST

* AT 932 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED 
ONLY SHOWERS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED TO THE 
EAST. ALTHOUGH ADDTIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT AND SPOTTY, THE 
DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. MANY SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE 
EITHER FLOODING OR AT LEAST ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE 
ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE TO DRAINAGE ISSUES. THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
EXTENDED. 

FROM THE GAGES...THE COOPER RIVER AT HADDONFIELD IN CAMDEN COUNTY WAS 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE WISSAHICKON CREEK IN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY WAS 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AS WAS THE WISSAHICKON AT FORT WASHINGTON IN 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. VALLEY CREEK AT VALLEY FORGE IN CHESTER COUNTY 
WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. CRUM CREEK AT NEWTOWN SQUARE IN DELAWARE 
COUNTY WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. CHESTER CREEK AT CHESTER IN DELAWARE 
COUNTY WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE...THE 
CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE...WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR 
NEWARK...AND RED CLAY CREEK AT STANTON WERE ALL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. 

THE FOLLOWING GAGES WERE ABOVE CAUTION STAGE...FRANKFORD CREEK IN 
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY...THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE AT DOWNINGTOWN IN 
CHESTER COUNTY...RIDLEY CREEK AT MEDIA IN DELAWARE COUNTY...RED CLAY 
CREEK AT KENNETT SQUARE IN CHESTER COUNTY...AND RED CLAY CREEK AT 
WOODDALE IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. 

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.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3971 7624 4040 7500 4015 7472 4012 7459
      3992 7447 3951 7499 3956 7507 3947 7509
      3956 7525 3945 7544 3938 7542 3958 7556
      3945 7554 3948 7558 3946 7558 3938 7551
      3929 7568 3939 7578 3939 7604 3953 7599

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