Flood Warning Issued
From
Chester Township
Sent
Sat, Mar 9 @ 9:39pm
Description
Flood Warning issued March 9 at 9:18PM EST until March 10 at 6:01AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
...The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Pennsylvania...
Chester Creek Near Chester affecting Delaware County.
For the Chester Creek...including Chester...Moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast.
* WHERE...Chester Creek near Chester.
* WHEN...From this evening to tomorrow morning.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, The creek floods adjacent open land.
At 10.5 feet, Flood damage, adjacent to the creek, begins in the
city of Chester.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 9:02 PM EST Saturday the stage was 8.1 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 9:02 PM EST Saturday was 8.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 10.0
feet late this evening. It will then fall below flood stage
overnight.
- Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
10.4 feet on 04/15/2007.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/phi.
The next statement will be issued Sunday morning at 615 AM EDT.
This notification was posted by Chester Township. Chester Township is solely responsible for this notification and unless specifically indicated, no other community or individual utilizing Savvy Citizen is sponsoring, responsible for, or endorsing this notification.
