[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Statement : PHI@ 10/28/2009 7:56:18 AM

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WGUS81 KPHI 281156
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
756 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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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DEC003-281838-
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/CHBD1.1.ER.091028T0943Z.091028T1200Z.091028T1238Z.NO/
756 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING 
CONTINUES FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR ITS CREST AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE LATER THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 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   10.97  WED 7 AM    11.1  WED 8 AM 

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