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WGUS51 KPHI 081239

FFWPHI

DEC003-081530-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ

835 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK



* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT



* AT 836 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

  HEAVY RAIN OVER NEW CASTLE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL WAS

  OVER 2 INCHES FELL SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF 

  RAIN COULD FALL IN THE NEXT 3 HOURS.



IN ADDITION, THE CHRISTINA RIVER WAS UP TO 9.55 FEET AND HAD LEVELED 

OFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER, AS MORE RAIN MOVES BACK INTO THE

BASIN, THE RIVER SHOULD RISE AGAIN AND SHOULD EXCEED FLOOD STAGE OF 

10.5 FEET.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.  MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 

BRIDGES, DIPS OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING 

STREAM, EVEN A SMALL ONE, ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 

TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3976 7575 3939 7578 3936 7552 3959 7557

      3979 7548 3984 7562



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