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WGUS41 KPHI 120909
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
509 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN DELAWARE...
RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
FOR THE RED CLAY CREEK...INCLUDING WOODDALE...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING BY 1000 PM EDT.
DEC003-130200-
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/RCCD1.1.ER.261012T0827Z.261012T1300Z.261012T2008Z.NO/
509 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 7.5 FEET, BARLEY MILL ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD. BRANDYWINE
SPRINGS PARK FLOODS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:45 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 5.5 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 4:45 AM EDT MONDAY WAS 7.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 7.6 FEET
LATE THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.6
FEET ON 12/11/2003.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3976 7568 3977 7559 3968 7557 3968 7565
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