Flood Warning Issued
From
Chester Township
Sent
Mon, Jun 15 @ 2:18am
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Description
Flood Warning issued June 15 at 2:12AM EDT until June 15 at 4:16AM 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...For early this morning.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, The creek floods adjacent open land.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:01 AM EDT Monday the stage was 7.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river will fall to 2.7 feet and then begin
rising this afternoon. It will then rise again to 2.8 feet
this afternoon. It will fall to 2.3 feet and then begin
rising just after midnight tonight. It will then rise again
to 2.5 feet late tonight. It will fall again and remain below
flood stage.
- Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
8.2 feet on 03/29/2010.
- 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 early this morning at 430 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.
