Flood Warning Updated
From
Chester Township
Sent
Sat, Mar 23 @ 3:44pm
Description
Flood Warning issued March 23 at 3:36PM EDT until March 23 at 8:27PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Pennsylvania...
Chester Creek Near Chester affecting Delaware County.
For the Chester Creek...including Chester...Minor flooding is
forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Chester Creek near Chester.
* WHEN...Until this evening.
* 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 3:17 PM EDT Saturday the stage was 10.0 feet and falling.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 3:17 PM EDT Saturday was 10.1 feet.
- Forecast...The river will fall below flood stage late this
afternoon to 3.1 feet and then begin rising early tomorrow
afternoon. It will then rise again to 3.2 feet tomorrow
afternoon. It will fall to 3.0 feet and then begin rising
tomorrow evening then rise again.
- 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.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/phi.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 830 PM 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.
