[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 11/23/2011 7:56:18 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 231255
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
755 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY 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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/CHBD1.2.ER.111123T1126Z.111123T1400Z.111123T1545Z.NO/
755 AM EST WED NOV 23 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.6 FEET BETWEEN 830 AM AND 
  10 AM THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING OR MIDDAY.
* 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   11.20  WED 8 AM    11.6    WED 9 AM 

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