[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 4/30/2014 8:53:15 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 010052
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
852 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

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

  SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT NORRISTOWN AFFECTING CHESTER...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA
  COUNTIES

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

  SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT PHILADELPHIA AFFECTING 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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PAC029-091-101-010652-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140502T2000Z/
/NRSP1.3.ER.140430T1931Z.140501T0700Z.140502T1400Z.NO/
852 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT NORRISTOWN.
* UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 17.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 19.3 FEET BY EARLY TOMORROW.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 19.1 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS ALONG PORTIONS OF STERIGERE ST. BETWEEN
  STANGRIDGE ST. AND HARDING BLVD. PORTIONS OF THE PAL BUILDING, BAND SHELL AND 
  ELMWOOD PARK ZOO IN NORRISTOWN ARE FLOODED. EAST WASHINGTON ST. AND EAST 
  LAFAYETTE ST NEAR SAWMILL RUN IN NORRISTOWN BEGINS TO FLOOD. DEKALB ST. TRAIN 
  UNDERPASS, THE SEWER TREATMENT FACILITY AND THE SEPTA R-6 REGIONAL RAILTRACKS 
  BELOW FORD ST. IN NORRISTOWN ARE FLOODED. BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY AT STATION 
  ROAD OFF OF CONSHOHOCKEN ROAD IN PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP BEGINS TO FLOOD.

$$

PAC091-101-010652-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140502T1200Z/
/PADP1.2.ER.140430T2224Z.140501T1200Z.140502T0600Z.NO/
852 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT PHILADELPHIA.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:31 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 13.8 FEET BY TOMORROW 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...MAIN STREET IN MANAYUNK IS CLOSED FROM RIDGE AVENUE TO 
  LEVERINGTON STREET.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG    DAY TIME     CREST

SCHUYLKILL RIVER
  NORRISTOWN       13.0   17.42  WED 8 PM     19.3    THU 3 AM 
  PHILADELPHIA     11.0   12.04  WED 9 PM     13.8    THU 8 AM 

&&