[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 10/1/2010 4:00:01 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 010759
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
359 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY 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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/CHBD1.3.ER.101001T0512Z.101001T0616Z.101001T1016Z.NR/
359 AM EDT FRI OCT 1 2010

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 3:46 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.0 FEET THEN 
  FALL LATER THIS MORNING.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5   12.72  FRI 4 AM    13.0  FRI 4 AM 

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