FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 329 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EST FOR
BURLINGTON...NEW CASTLE...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...CHESTER...
PHILADELPHIA...DELAWARE...GLOUCESTER...CAMDEN...SALEM AND CECIL
COUNTIES...
AT 316 PM EST...GAGES IN BURLINGTON COUNTY NEW JERSEY INDICATED THAT
BOTH THE NORTH BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK AT PEMBERTON AND THE SOUTH
BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK AT VINCENTOWN WERE BOTH ABOVE CAUTION STAGE.
A GAGE IN CAMDEN COUNTY INDICATED THAT THE COOPER RIVER AT
HADDONFIELD WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
A GAGE IN GLOUCESTER COUNTY INDICATED THAT THE RACCOON CREEK AT
SWEDESBORO WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
GAGES IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE INDICATED THAT THE BRANDYWINE
CREEK AT WILMINGTON, RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE, AND THE CHRISTINA
RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE WERE ALL ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. THE RED CLAY
CREEK AT STANTON AND THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK WERE BOTH
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
GAGES IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA INDICATED THAT THE WEST BRANCH
BRANDYWINE CREEK AT HONEYBROOK, THE FRENCH CREEK AT PHOENIXVILLE,
AND VALLEY CREEK AT VALLEY FORGE WERE ALL ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. THE
EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE AT DOWNINGTOWN WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
GAGES IN DELAWARE COUNTY INDICATED THAT THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT
CHADDS FORD AND THE RIDLEY CREEK IN MEDIA WERE BOTH ABOVE CAUTION
STAGE.
GAGES IN PHILADELPHIA INDICATED THAT THE WISSAHICKON CREEK AND THE
PENNYPACK CREEK WERE BOTH ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
A GAGE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY INDICATED THAT THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AT
GRATERFORD WAS ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. THE EAST BRANCH PERKIOMEN AT
SCHWENKSVILLE WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
A GAGE IN BUCKS COUNTY INDICATED THAT THE NESHAMINY CREEK AT
LANGHORNE WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3978 7607 4012 7593 4062 7520 4024 7484
4012 7459 3991 7447 3951 7498 3956 7507
3946 7509 3955 7524 3945 7542 3937 7541
3946 7555 3958 7556 3931 7559 3934 7577
3938 7577 3938 7603 3953 7599 3972 7624
$$
KRUZDLO
FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1142 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.4 FEET BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...AT THIS LEVEL SOME HOMES IN THE AREA OF THE
LANGHORNE GAGE ARE EVACUATED
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
NESHAMINY CREEK
LANGHORNE 9.0 9.74 WED 11 AM 10.4 WED 4 PM
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 226 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING
FOR MINOR TIDAL FLOODING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.
THE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND THE DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
MID ATLANTIC HAS CAUSED THE TIDAL DEPARTURES TO REACH FOUR FEET
ABOVE NORMAL ON THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER. IN ADDITION, WIDESPREAD
RAINS ACROSS THE REGION HAS SWELLED THE TRIBUTARIES AND THE THEY
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DRAIN INTO THE DELAWARE CAUSING SOME STREET
AND HIGHWAY FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE RIVER.
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OCCURS WITH A HEIGHT OF 8.2 FT ABOVE MEAN
LOWER LOW WATER.
THE HIGH TIDE TONIGHT AT PHILADELPHIA OCCURS AT 730 PM. THE
NORMAL HIGH TIDE IS NEAR 6 FEET ABOVE MEAN LOWER LOW WATER.
THE TIDAL DEPARTURES ARE LOWERING ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER
SOUTH OF MARCUS HOOK AND WE EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTH ALONG THE RIVER.
$$
EBERWINE
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 357 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY.
A WEST OR SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED WIND WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH
TONIGHT, AND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE GROUND IS VERY
SATURATED FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL, THEREFORE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME
TREES TOPPLING OVER IS GREATER THAN WITH DRY GROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST
30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES, POWER LINES AND
WEAKER STRUCTURES. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA,
KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES AND ACROSS ELEVATED STRUCTURES SUCH AS BRIDGES.
$$
GORSE
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