000 NOUS41 KPHI 222048 CCA PNSPHI PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>027- DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-222300- 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 / 545 PM (9/18) 18.0 MONTAGUE, NJ 28.39 / 1115 PM (9/18) 25.0 TOCKS ISLAND, NJ 30.32 / 845 AM 21.0 BELVIDERE, NJ 24.83 / 915 AM 22.0 EASTON-PHILLIPSBURG BRIDGE 33.45 / 800 AM 22.0 RIEGELSVILLE, NJ 30.78 / 800 AM 22.0 FRENCHTOWN, NJ 20.70 / 900 AM 16.0 STOCKTON, NJ 22.50 / 1100 AM 18.0 WASHINGTON CROSSING, NJ 20.12 / 500 PM 20.0 TRENTON, NJ 23.39 / 730 PM 20.0 $$ GORSE (CORRECTED THE DATE FOR THE MONTAGUE CREST)