[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/9/2009 11:37:07 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 091636
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1136 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

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

  PERKIOMEN CREEK AT GRATERFORD AFFECTING MONTGOMERY 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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PAC091-092236-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0028.091209T1938Z-091210T0600Z/
/GRAP1.1.ER.091209T1938Z.091209T2100Z.091210T0000Z.NO/
1136 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT GRATERFORD.
* TO LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE TO NEAR 11.5 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER
  WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...PENITENTIARY BRIDGE IS CLOSED. FLOODING BEGINS 
  IN COLLEGEVILLE. HOUSES ON THE RIGHT BANK IN GRATERFORD TAKE ON WATER

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

PERKIOMEN CREEK
  GRATERFORD       11.0   10.08  WED 11 AM   11.5  WED 4 PM 

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