[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/31/2013 6:06:32 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 311106
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
606 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY 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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PAC091-311706-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0003.130131T1104Z-130201T0235Z/
/GRAP1.2.ER.130131T1013Z.130131T1800Z.130131T2035Z.NO/
606 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT GRATERFORD.
* FROM THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:46 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.0 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN SWENKSVILLE FLOODS.

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                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

PERKIOMEN CREEK
  GRATERFORD       11.0   11.65  THU 6 AM     13.0    THU 1 PM 

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