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WGUS41 KPHI 091154
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
754 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2021
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN DELAWARE...
BRANDYWINE CREEK AT WILMINGTON AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
FOR THE BRANDYWINE CREEK...INCLUDING DOWNINGTOWN, CHADDS FORD,
WILMINGTON...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI.
DEC003-092200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0005.210609T1415Z-210609T2146Z/
/WMND1.1.ER.210609T1415Z.210609T1500Z.210609T1545Z.UU/
754 AM EDT WED JUN 9 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT WILMINGTON.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 7:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 16.6 FEET LATE THIS MORNING. IT WILL
THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 14.5 FEET, MINOR FLOODING BEGINS ALONG THE CREEK IN
THE BRANDYWINE STATE PARK.
* IMPACT...AT 16.5 FEET, NORTH PARK DRIVE, WEST OF NORTH MARKET
STREET, IN BRANDYWINE STATE PARK IS SUBJECT TO FLOODING AND
CLOSURES.
* IMPACT...AT 17.0 FEET, SOME FLOODING BEGINS IN THE HISTORIC
BRECK'S MILL AREA IN MONTCHANIN.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 16.7
FEET ON 10/30/2012.
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (8 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI SAT
BRANDYWINE CREEK
WILMINGTON 16.5 15.9 WED 7 AM EDT 13.7 13.7 MSG
LAT...LON 3982 7553 3975 7549 3969 7552 3979 7560
DEAL
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