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WGUS41 KPHI 120903
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
503 AM EDT MON OCT 12 2026
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER AFFECTING DELAWARE COUNTY.
FOR THE CHESTER CREEK...INCLUDING CHESTER...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.
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 800 PM EDT.
PAC045-130000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0006.261012T0903Z-261013T0000Z/
/CHSP1.1.ER.261012T0834Z.261012T1100Z.261012T1803Z.NO/
503 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...CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER.
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING TO THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 10.5 FEET, FLOOD DAMAGE, ADJACENT TO THE CREEK, BEGINS
IN THE CITY OF CHESTER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 4:47 AM EDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING
AT 4:47 AM EDT MONDAY WAS 8.4 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 9.3 FEET
THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.4
FEET ON 01/25/2020.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
LAT...LON 3991 7542 3985 7534 3981 7540 3987 7547
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