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WGUS51 KPHI 072346

FFWPHI

DEC003-080345-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

743 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE

 

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP TO 3 INCHES OF 

  RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE CHRISTINA RIVER WATERSHED IN NORTHERN     

  NEW CASTLE COUNTY. AT 730 PM THE STAGE AT COOCHES BRIDGE WAS

  RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE FLOOD STAGE OF 10.5 FEET.  A CREST OF NEAR 

  12 FEET IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 



* ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA  

  730 PM EDT COULD AFFECT THE BASIN LATER THIS EVENING.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.





LAT...LON 3972 7578 3959 7571 3976 7548 3983 7560



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