[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 5/1/2014 5:22:15 AM

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WGUS41 KPHI 010922
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
522 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
  MILLSTONE RIVER AT BLACKWELLS MILLS AFFECTING SOMERSET COUNTY
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
  RARITAN RIVER AT BOUND BROOK AFFECTING MIDDLESEX AND SOMERSET 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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NJC035-011522-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140503T1000Z/
/BKWN4.3.ER.140501T0534Z.140501T1800Z.140503T0400Z.NO/
522 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE MILLSTONE RIVER AT BLACKWELLS MILLS.
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:45 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.2 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.0 FEET...WASHINGTON STREET AND SEVERAL BUSINESSES ARE FLOODED.

$$

NJC023-035-011522-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140502T1700Z/
/BDKN4.3.ER.140501T0317Z.140501T1200Z.140502T1100Z.NO/
522 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2014

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE RARITAN RIVER AT BOUND BROOK.
* UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 32.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 33.4 FEET BY THIS MORNING. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 33.0 FEET...MAJOR FLOODING THROUGHOUT THE AREA

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

MILLSTONE RIVER
  BLACKWELLS MILL  9.0   14.71  THU 5 AM    15.2    THU 2 PM 

RARITAN RIVER
  BOUND BROOK      28.0   32.81  THU 5 AM    33.4    THU 8 AM 

&&