[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 9/30/2010 6:55:29 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 302255
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
655 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

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

  BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD AFFECTING CHESTER AND DELAWARE 
  COUNTIES

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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PAC029-045-010455-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0062.101001T0200Z-101002T1300Z/
/CDFP1.3.ER.101001T0200Z.101001T1800Z.101002T0700Z.NO/
655 PM EDT THU SEP 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 6:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 13.9 FEET BY EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...RESIDENTIAL EVACUATIONS BEGIN AT THIS STAGE.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  CHADDS FORD      9.0    6.46  THU 6 PM    13.9  FRI 2 PM 

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