[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 8/19/2011 4:01:23 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 190800
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

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DELAWARE PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
400 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 945 AM EDT

* AT 359 AM EDT THE HEAVY OVERNIGHT RAINS HAVE ESSENTIALLY ENDED
  LEAVING CONSIDERABLE POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN THE URBAN AREAS OF
  FAR NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY ADJACENT THE PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE
  BORDER.  REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OF INUNDATED ROADS AND A COUPLE OF
  HOMES ISOLATED NEAR TALLEYVILLE CLAYMONT...TO THE NORTH OF
  WILMINGTON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRED BETWEEN 1 AM AND 230
  AM.  THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF FLOODED BASEMENTS THERE. 

* THE BRANDYWINE CREEK HAD STOPPED ITS RAPID RISE NEAR 14.8 FEET...
  MORE THAN A FOOT AND HALF BELOW FLOOD STAGE. ABOUT 2.5 INCHES OF
  RAIN FELL IN CLAYMONT.  

THIS STATEMENT SUPERSEDES THE FLOOD ADVISORY ISSUED EARLIER FOR 
NORTHERN DELAWARE. 

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY AVOIDANCE PRECAUTIONS 
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING HAS OCCURRED. MOST FLOOD RELATED 
DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A 
FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 
MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3984 7560 3985 7561 3989 7555 3985 7545
      3982 7540 3974 7553 3975 7557 3978 7560
      3983 7561 3984 7561

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DRAG