[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/31/2013 4:43:24 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 310942
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
442 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...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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PAC091-311542-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0003.130131T1400Z-130201T0206Z/
/GRAP1.1.ER.130131T1400Z.130131T1800Z.130131T2006Z.NO/
442 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT GRATERFORD.
* FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4:31 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 12.4 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...PENITENTIARY BRIDGE IS CLOSED. FLOODING BEGINS IN 
  COLLEGEVILLE. 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    9.30  THU 5 AM      12.4    THU 1 PM 

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