[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flood Warning 16:16:35.3458

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WGUS41 KPHI 092016
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
416 PM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016

DEC001-005-MDC011-100515-
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KENT DE-SUSSEX DE-CAROLINE MD-
416 PM EDT SUN OCT 9 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY IN CENTRAL DELAWARE...
  WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
  SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT MONDAY

* AT 410 PM EDT...THE NANTICOKE RIVER AT BRIDGEVILLE WAS NEARING
  FLOOD STAGE.  THERE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES.
  SINCE SOME STREAMS WERE STILL RISING FROM THE RUNOFF OF THE 2 TO 4
  INCHES OF RAIN THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PAST DAY OR SO, ROAD
  CLOSURES AND SOME FLOODING ADJACENT STREAMS SHOULD OCCUR INTO THE
  NIGHT.



* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  GEORGETOWN...MILFORD...SEAFORD...LAUREL...FEDERALSBURG...
  BRIDGEVILLE...PRESTON...ELLENDALE...HARMONY...ANDREWSVILLE...
  SYCAMORE...AGNER...SMITHVILLE...GUMBORO...BLADES...GREENWOOD...
  BETHEL AND FARMINGTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

THE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE PAST DAY OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE
FLOODING OF A FEW SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND
COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3865 7571 3869 7577 3868 7580 3870 7580
      3871 7584 3869 7592 3874 7598 3888 7579
      3891 7541 3847 7536 3847 7569

$$

DRAG


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