River Flood Warning 60, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Oct 27, 2007, 10:56 AM EDT (14:56 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 27, 2007, 11:49 AM EDT

Expired

Oct 27, 2007, 4:04 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point South Branch Raritan River at Stanton (STTN4). The gauge peaked at 8.15 ft at Oct 27, 2007, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

7 ft

Minor stage

8 ft

Moderate stage

10 ft

Major stage

12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01397000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 271456
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1056 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY... 

  SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON AFFECTING HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET
  COUNTIES

...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE RARITAN RIVER...

NJC019-035-272056-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0060.071027T1549Z-071028T0300Z/
/STTN4.1.ER.071027T1549Z.071027T1800Z.071027T2100Z.NO/
1056 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:31 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 8.5 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...RIGHT BANK AND APPROACH TO BRIDGE FLOODED.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RARITAN RIVER
  STANTON          8.0    7.70  SAT 11 AM    8.5  SAT 2 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 272004
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
404 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2007

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW 
JERSEY...
 
  SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON AFFECTING HUNTERDON AND 
  SOMERSET COUNTIES

NJC019-035-272034-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-071028T0300Z/
/STTN4.1.ER.071027T1540Z.071027T1700Z.071027T1810Z.NO/
404 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON.
* AT 330 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET AND THE RIVER
  WAS FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME       CREST

RARITAN RIVER
  STANTON          8.0    7.66  SAT 330 PM    CRESTED AND FALLING

&&

River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2007Every river flood warning in 2007

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.