[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 3/13/2010 6:27:32 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 132327
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
627 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...OBSERVED FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE
CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

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DEC003-140527-
/O.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-100314T0947Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.100313T2011Z.100313T2315Z.100314T0347Z.NO/
627 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

...OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6:15 PM, THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET AND NEARING CREST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST EARLY THIS EVENING, THEN FALL BACK 
BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.
* 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   11.59  SAT 6 PM     NEAR CREST

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