[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 5/16/2014 12:36:39 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 161635
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1235 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

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

  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE 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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435 PM GMT FRI MAY 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 12:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 
  10.8 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
  STAGE BY LATE AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

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                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.67  FRI 12 PM   10.8    FRI 2 PM 

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