[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 8:37:15 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 010037
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
837 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR 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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PAC029-045-010637-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140502T1000Z/
/CDFP1.3.ER.140430T2105Z.140501T1200Z.140502T0400Z.NO/
837 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.4 FEET BY
  TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY
  FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...RESIDENTIAL EVACUATIONS BEGIN AT THIS STAGE.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  CHADDS FORD      9.0   10.47  WED 7 PM      13.4    THU 8 AM 

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