[MTHOLLYSVRWX] PHI Flood Warning 14:04:53.3851

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WGUS41 KPHI 251904
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mt Holly NJ
204 PM EST Sat Jan 25 2020

...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity for the following
rivers in Pennsylvania...
  East Branch Brandywine Creek Below Downingtown affecting Chester 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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PAC029-260103-
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/DWNP1.2.ER.200125T1631Z.200125T2000Z.200126T0045Z.NO/
204 PM EST Sat Jan 25 2020

...Forecast flooding increased from Minor to Moderate severity...
The Flood Warning continues for
 The East Branch Brandywine Creek Below Downingtown.
* until late tonight...Or until the warning is cancelled.
* At  1:45 PM Saturday the stage was 9.0 feet.
* Flood stage is 7.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and Moderate flooding is forecast.
* Impact...At 9.0 feet...High water on the Brandywine sends backwater up Beaver
  Creek. Beaver Creek floods inundating parks and the Downingtown Little League
  fields.
* Flood history...This crest compares to a previous crest of 9.1 feet on May 17
  2018.


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                         FLD    OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION                STG    STG  DAY TIME      CREST

Brandywine Creek
  Downingtown            7.0    8.97  Sat 2 PM     9.1    Sat 3 PM

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LAT...LON 4002 7567 3993 7561 3991 7567 4001 7574


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