[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 6:16:28 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 302216
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
616 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA... 

  SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT POTTSTOWN AFFECTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY

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

  SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT NORRISTOWN AFFECTING CHESTER...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA
  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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PAC091-010416-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0018.140501T0200Z-140502T0909Z/
/PTNP1.1.ER.140501T0200Z.140501T1700Z.140502T0309Z.NO/
616 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT POTTSTOWN.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 6:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.1
  FEET BY EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  LATE TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...PORTIONS OF PA ROUTE 724 ALONG THE BERKS/CHESTER COUNTY
  LINE ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER, SPECIFICALLY UNION TOWNSHIP IN BERKS
COUNTY 
  AND NORTH COVENTRY TOWNSHIP IN CHESTER COUNTY.

$$

PAC029-091-101-010416-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140502T1900Z/
/NRSP1.2.ER.140430T1931Z.140501T1100Z.140502T1300Z.NO/
616 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT NORRISTOWN.
* UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 18.4 FEET BY TOMORROW 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 19.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN NORRISTOWN 
  BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE WAY. APARTMENT PARKING LOTS ARE FLOODED ON DEKALB 
  STREET IN NORRISTOWN. WATER ALSO BEGINS TO ENTER THE PARKING LOTS AT THE 
  RIVERSIDE APARTMENTS. BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY ALONG DEKALB STREET AND ON EAST 
  WASHINGTON STREET IN NORRISTOWN BEGIN TO FLOOD. STONEY CREEK BEGINS TO BACK 
  UP. SAW MILL RUN STARTS TO FLOOD. SAW MILL RUN STARTS TO FLOOD. THE 
  INTERSECTION OF WATER AND LAFAYETTE STREETS IN NORRISTOWN IS FLOODED, 
  AFFECTING BUSINESSES.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG    DAY TIME    CREST

SCHUYLKILL RIVER
  POTTSTOWN        12.5   11.35  WED 6 PM    14.1    THU 1 PM 
  NORRISTOWN       13.0   14.82  WED 5 PM    18.4    THU 7 AM 

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