[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 5:43:38 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 302143
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
543 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

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

  WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK 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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DEC003-010343-
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/DPKD1.3.ER.140430T2013Z.140501T0000Z.140501T0443Z.NO/
943 PM GMT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK.
* UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 16.9 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

WHITE CLAY CREEK
  NEWARK           13.0   14.35  WED 5 PM     16.9    WED 8 PM 

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