[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/18/2009 7:50:12 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 182349
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
749 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE
CHRISTINA RIVER IN DELAWARE... 

...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE CHRISTINA RIVER...

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/CHBD1.1.ER.090619T0155Z.090619T0200Z.090619T0324Z.NO/
749 PM EDT THU JUN 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT, OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:45 PM THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET AND RISING. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER SHOULD RISE JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY
  830 PM AND IT SHOULD QUICKLY CREST, RETURNING BACK BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE BY MIDNIGHT.
* 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    9.5  THU 745 PM    10.7  THU 9 PM

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