{"id":17627,"date":"2013-08-13T11:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T15:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=17627"},"modified":"2013-08-13T11:30:45","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T15:30:45","slug":"county-reports-heavy-rains-9-1-1-call-volume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=17627","title":{"rendered":"County reports heavy rains, 9-1-1 call volume"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunnier skies due Wednesday, but flood warnings remain in effect<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Flood warnings continue for the Brandywine Creek, but heavy rain has moved out of the area, county officials report.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Chester County Department of Emergency Services has released the following information on area weather conditions.<\/p>\n

24-hour rainfall amounts at 10 a.m. included: Atglen, \u00a03.72 inches;\u00a0Marshallton, 3.25; West Chester, 2.65; Chester Springs, 3.08; and Malvern, 2.37.<\/p>\n

The flash-flood warnings have been extended until 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, and flood warnings and a flash-flood watch remain in effect until 4 a.m. on Wednesday. Although a tornado warning was issued for southeast Chester County and northern Delaware that has since expired, no tornado was reported in Chester County.<\/p>\n

Flooding reports have come in from typical, flood-prone areas such as underpasses in Caln Township between South Bailey Road and 12th<\/sup> Avenue, \u00a0the U.S. 30 corridor, \u00a0Rt. 340 and G.O. Carlson Boulevard.<\/p>\n

The east branch of the Brandywine is currently experiencing minor flooding. It is expected to crest between 11 a.m. and noon Tuesday at about 3 feet above flood stage. Valley Creek is experiencing major flooding, and the National Weather Service is monitoring the water levels.<\/p>\n

Between 5:30 and 7:30 a.m. this morning approximately 30 water rescues were dispatched, and 10 rescues took place.\u00a0 No injuries or transports resulted. Between 5 and 9 a.m., 270 calls came in to the 9-1-1 center, compared with 91 on Monday. The heavy rains affected microwave communications, resulting in a degraded signal. Communications are now back to normal.<\/p>\n

The Tuesday afternoon forecast calls for light rain; the heavy precipitation\u00a0has moved out of the area. On Wednesday, sunny skies are predicted with temperatures in the mid-70s.<\/p>\n

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Sunnier skies due Wednesday, but flood warnings remain in effect The Chester County Department of Emergency Services has released the following information on area weather conditions. 24-hour rainfall amounts at 10 a.m. included: Atglen, \u00a03.72 inches;\u00a0Marshallton, 3.25; West Chester, 2.65; Chester Springs, 3.08; and Malvern, 2.37. The flash-flood warnings have been extended until 2:30 p.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[4001],"class_list":["post-17627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-the-chester-county-department-of-emergency-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}