FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1013 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
WEST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
* UNTIL 815 AM EST THURSDAY
* AT 1012 PM EST...THE GAGE IN BRIDGEVILLE ON THE NANTICOKE RIVER
WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SMALL FURTHER RISES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3882 7571 3882 7545 3865 7544 3865 7570
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RNS
WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 357 PM EST WED DEC 09 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.
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GORSE
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