[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/9/2009 10:13:40 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 091512
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1012 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

PAC017-029-091-091945-
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CHESTER PA-MONTGOMERY PA-BUCKS PA-
1012 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EST

* AT 1007 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. SEVERAL SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WERE 
EITHER FLOODING OR AT LEAST ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE 
ALSO BEEN CLOSED DUE TO DRAINAGE ISSUES. THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
EXTENDED.  

THE GAGES INDICATED THAT ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE PERKIOMEN WERE 
RUNNING HIGH. SCHWENKSVILLE ON THE EAST BRANCH AND EAST GREENVILLE 
ON THE MAIN STEM WERE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. DUBLIN ON THE EAST BRANCH 
AND HILLEGASS ON THE WEST BRANCH WERE ABOVE CAUTION STAGE.

PHOENIXVILLE AT FRENCH CREEK IN CHESTER COUNTY WAS ALSO ABOVE FLOOD 
STAGE. HONEYBROOK ON THE WEST BRANCH BRANDYWINE WAS ABOVE CAUTION 
STAGE.

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 3987 7601 3996 7600 4003 7595 4011 7595
      4024 7570 4044 7554 4042 7549 4050 7541
      4062 7520 4056 7519 4055 7509 4053 7507
      4042 7506 4040 7502 4040 7497 4039 7497
      3981 7604

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