[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 4:39:56 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 302039
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
439 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...

  BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD AFFECTING CHESTER AND
  DELAWARE COUNTIES

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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PAC029-045-010239-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0013.140430T2200Z-140502T0532Z/
/CDFP1.2.ER.140430T2200Z.140501T1200Z.140501T2332Z.NO/
439 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD.
* UNTIL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 3:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 12.3 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...BUSINESSES UPSTREAM OF GAGE BEGIN TO FLOOD

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  CHADDS FORD      9.0    8.16  WED 3 PM      12.3    THU 8 AM 

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