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WGUS41 KPHI 011015
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
615 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN AFFECTING CHESTER
COUNTY.
FOR THE BRANDYWINE CREEK...INCLUDING DOWNINGTOWN, CHADDS FORD,
WILMINGTON...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 615 PM EDT.
PAC029-012215-
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/DWNP1.1.ER.250701T0928Z.250701T1400Z.250701T2115Z.NO/
615 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 6.0 FEET, OPEN ADJACENT LAND NEXT TO THE CREEK FLOODS.
AT 8.0 FEET, DOWLIN FORGE ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD.
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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 5:45 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 5:45 AM EDT TUESDAY WAS 7.1 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 8.3
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
8.3 FEET ON 06/04/2003.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (UNKNOWN TIME)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME D1 D2 D3
EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK
DOWNINGTOWN 7.0 7.1 TUE 5 AM EDT MSG MSG MSG
LAT...LON 4002 7567 3993 7561 3991 7567 4001 7574
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