[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 12/7/2011 5:59:00 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 072258
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
558 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING 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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DEC003-080458-
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/CHBD1.1.ER.111208T0143Z.111208T0300Z.111208T0453Z.NO/
558 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 11.5 FEET TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING.
* 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    7.70  WED 5 PM    11.2    WED 10 PM

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