[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flood Warning 21:41:22.8001

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WGUS41 KPHI 100141
FLWPHI

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

DEC001-005-MDC011-101030-
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KENT DE-SUSSEX DE-CAROLINE MD-
941 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 630 AM EDT MONDAY

* AT 933 PM EDT...THE NANTICOKE RIVER AT BRIDGEVILLE MAY BE CRESTING
  3 TO 4 INCHES ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT THAT GAGE LOCATION. THERE HAVE
  BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES IN AND NEAR THE WARNING
  AREA...ESPECIALLY IN SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE.

* WATER RECESSION SHOULD BEGIN OVERNIGHT BUT IT WILL BE SLOW. ROAD
  CLOSURES AND SOME FLOODING ADJACENT A FEW STREAMS WILL PROBABLY
  LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT. CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN TRAVELING AT
  NIGHT AND BE PREPARED TO DETOUR AROUND ANY FLOODED ROADS.


* 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 HAS BEEN REPORTED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO OR PASS BY ON HIGHER GROUND.

&&

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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