Flood Warning Issued
From
Chester Township
Sent
Wed, Apr 3 @ 3:51pm
Description
Flood Warning issued April 3 at 3:42PM EDT until April 4 at 1:19AM 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...Minor flooding is
forecast.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Chester Creek near Chester.
* WHEN...Until just after midnight tonight.
* 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 3:16 PM EDT Wednesday the stage was 6.9 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise above flood stage late this
afternoon to 9.5 feet this evening. It will then fall below
flood stage later this evening to 4.2 feet.
- Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
9.5 feet on 03/13/2010.
- 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 late tonight at 130 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.
