[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 6/7/2013 3:04:08 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 071903
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
303 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR 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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DEC003-080103-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130608T1032Z/
/CHBD1.3.ER.130607T2048Z.130608T0000Z.130608T0432Z.NO/
303 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  3:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 12.7 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* 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   10.42  FRI 3 PM    12.7    FRI 8 PM 

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