[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/17/2011 8:47:12 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 171246
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
846 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR
THE MILLSTONE RIVER AT BLACKWELLS MILLS...

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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NJC035-171846-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0079.000000T0000Z-110418T1730Z/
/BKWN4.2.ER.110417T0944Z.110417T1230Z.110418T1130Z.NO/
846 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...OBSERVED FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE MILLSTONE RIVER AT BLACKWELLS MILLS.
* UNTIL MONDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 AM, THE STAGE WAS 10.82 FEET AND RISING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST AROUND 10.7 FEET THIS EVENING,
  THEN IT SHOULD FALL BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET, THE D&R CANAL IS FLOODED BY THE MILLSTONE
  RIVER.

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                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

MILLSTONE RIVER
  GRIGGSTOWN      10.0   15.50  SUN 815 AM   CRESTING
  BLACKWELLS MILL  9.0   10.82  SUN 830 AM   10.7  SUN 800 PM 
  WESTON          12.4   12.57  SUN 830 AM

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