[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 11/23/2011 3:39:56 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 230839
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
339 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011

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

  PERKIOMEN CREEK AT GRATERFORD AFFECTING MONTGOMERY 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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PAC091-231439-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0203.111123T1000Z-111123T2051Z/
/GRAP1.1.ER.111123T1000Z.111123T1200Z.111123T1451Z.NO/
339 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT GRATERFORD.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 3:16 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 12.0 FEET LATER THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...PENITENTIARY BRIDGE IS CLOSED. FLOODING BEGINS 
  IN COLLEGVILLE. HOUSES ON THE RIGHT BANK IN GRATERFORD TAKE ON WATER

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                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

PERKIOMEN CREEK
  GRATERFORD       11.0   10.26  WED 3 AM    12.0    WED 7 AM 

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