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WGUS81 KPHI 120056
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
856 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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-
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/DWNP1.1.ER.261012T0006Z.261012T0400Z.261012T0524Z.NO/
856 PM EDT SUN OCT 11 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND 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 8:30 PM EDT SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 8:30 PM EDT SUNDAY WAS 7.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO A CREST OF 7.3 FEET LATE THIS
EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT.
- 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
AKL
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