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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT - FLOOD EVENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EDT WED SEP 22 2004

...MAJOR FLOODING ON THE DELAWARE RIVER...
...SEPTEMBER 18-20, 2004...

THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE "IVAN" INTERACTED WITH A COLD FRONT, WHICH DROPPED
INTO THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES LATE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2004. THIS
MOISTURE MOVED INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, PRODUCING TREMENDOUS RAINFALL
AMOUNTS, PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHEAST

PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHERN NEW YORK. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THESE AREAS
RANGED FROM 3 INCHES TO AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH, THE RAIN
WAS NOT AS HEAVY. HOWEVER, THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS THE
TRIBUTARIES, WHICH ULTIMATELY DRAINS INTO THE  DELAWARE RIVER, RESULTED IN
MAJOR FLOODING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. 

THIS FLOODING SURPASSED THE JANUARY 1996 EVENT, AND IS THE WORST FLOODING IN
SOME 50 YEARS (SINCE 1955)!

THE FOLLOWING TABLE IS A LISTING OF THE CRESTS THAT WERE MEASURED ALONG THE
DELAWARE RIVER, FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. ALL CRESTS OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH,
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

LOCATION			CREST (FEET)/TIME (EDT)	FLOOD STAGE (FEET)
---------------			-----------------------	------------------	
PORT JERVIS/MATAMORAS, NY	19.52 / 0545 PM (9/18)	18.0
MONTAGUE, NJ			28.39 / 1115 PM (9/18)	25.0
TOCKS ISLAND, NJ		30.32 / 0845 AM		21.0
BELVIDERE, NJ			24.83 / 0915 AM		22.0 
EASTON-PHILLIPSBURG BRIDGE	33.45 / 0800 AM		22.0
RIEGELSVILLE, NJ		30.78 / 0800 AM		22.0
FRENCHTOWN, NJ			20.70 / 0900 AM		16.0
STOCKTON, NJ			22.50 / 1100 AM		18.0
WASHINGTON CROSSING, NJ		20.12 / 0500 PM		20.0
TRENTON, NJ			23.39 / 0730 PM		20.0