FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 905 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK...
BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST CHESTER...
DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA...
* UNTIL 615 AM EST SUNDAY
* AT 857 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AS WELL AS
SPOTTERS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND ONE
AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
MUCH OF THE SNOWPACK HAS ALSO MELTED. THIS HAS ADDED APPROXIMATELY
ANOTHER ONE INCH OF LIQUID TO THE RUNOFF.
SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH. THE WISSAHICKON
CREEK IN PHILADELPHIA AND IN FORT WASHINGTON ARE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
VALLEY CREEK IN VALLEY FORGE IS ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. THE WEST
BRANCH BRANDYWINE IN HONEY BROOK IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE. RIDLEY
CREEK IN MEDIA IS ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. THE BRANDYWINE IN WILMINGTON
IS ABOVE CAUTION STAGE. CHESTER CREEK IN CHESTER IS ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE AS IS THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE IN DOWNINGTOWN. CRUM CREEK IN
NEWTOWN SQUARE IS ABOVE CAUTION STAGE.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
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 3987 7601 4011 7595 4024 7570 4044 7553
4042 7549 4062 7520 4056 7519 4053 7507
4043 7508 4040 7497 4032 7493 4017 7473
4012 7476 3998 7511 3988 7515 3984 7537
3963 7559 3963 7579 3973 7580 3972 7612
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KRUZDLO
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