[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 5:38:55 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 302138
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
538 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE 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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/CHBD1.3.ER.140430T1724Z.140501T0000Z.140501T0517Z.NR/
938 PM GMT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:31 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.4 FEET BY THIS EVENING. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

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                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG    DAY TIME     CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5   12.17  WED 6 PM     13.4    WED 8 PM 

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