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WGUS41 KPHI 112306
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
706 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY 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...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 LATE TONIGHT BY 300 AM EDT.
PAC029-120700-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0005.261012T0000Z-261012T0700Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.261012T0150Z.261012T0400Z.261012T0524Z.NO/
706 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* WHEN...UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...AT 8.0 FEET, DOWLIN FORGE ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 6:45 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET AND RISING.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE
THIS EVENING TO A CREST OF 7.3 FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 7.2
FEET ON 03/01/2021.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 4002 7567 3993 7561 3991 7567 4001 7574
HOEFLICH
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