[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flood Warning : PHI@ 1/18/2015 12:09:03 PM

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WGUS41 KPHI 181708
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1208 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015

...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.

&&

DEC003-182308-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0001.150118T1819Z-150119T0630Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.150118T1819Z.150118T2100Z.150119T0030Z.NO/
1208 PM EST SUN JAN 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 12.0 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
  THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 12.0 FEET...SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OCCURS ON MEADOW ROAD IN 
  CHRISTIANA. EVACUATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. HOMES ARE FLOODED. SALEM CHURCH ROAD AND
  REYBOLD ROAD FLOODS AND ARE SUBJECT TO CLOSURES.

* CONFIDENCE ON REACHING MODERATE FLOOD STAGE IS BELOW AVERAGE BUT ABOVE AVERAGE ON 
  REACHING MINOR FLOOD QUICKLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  

                         FLD    OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION                STG    STG  DAY TIME      CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE          10.5    6.43  SUN 11 AM   12.0    SUN 4 PM 
 
&&
 
LAT...LON 3959 7569 3968 7557 3968 7565 3965 7570
      3970 7578 3964 7578             

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