[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 5:01:32 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 302101
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
501 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

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

  CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER AFFECTING DELAWARE 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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PAC045-010301-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140501T0940Z/
/CHSP1.3.ER.140430T1811Z.140501T0000Z.140501T0340Z.NO/
501 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4:46 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 14.2 FEET
  BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT.

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                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

CHESTER CREEK
  CHESTER          8.0    9.86  WED 5 PM      14.2    WED 8 PM 

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