River Flood Warning 63, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Dec 23, 2007, 11:35 PM EST (04:35 UTC)

Expired

Dec 24, 2007, 12:41 PM EST

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:35 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 Ramapo River at Pompton Lakes (PPTN4). The gauge peaked at 12.79 ft at Dec 24, 2007, 1:00 PM EST.

Action stage

10 ft

Minor stage

11.5 ft

Moderate stage

13.5 ft

Major stage

14.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01388000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 240435
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1135 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

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

  RAMAPO RIVER AT POMPTON LAKES AFFECTING BERGEN...MORRIS AND PASSAIC 
  COUNTIES

...SPORADIC MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE RAMAPO RIVER...

NJC003-027-031-240905-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0063.071224T0435Z-071224T0905Z/
/PPTN4.1.ER.071224T0135Z.071224T0215Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1135 PM EST SUN DEC 23 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE RAMAPO RIVER AT POMPTON LAKES.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 11:15 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET. 
* SPORADIC MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FLUCTUATE DUE TO RESERVOIR RELEASES
  UPSTREAM...AND IT IS EXPECTED TO CREST INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 
  10 AND 11 FEET INTO MONDAY. 
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...A FEW NEARBY HOMES BEGIN TO TAKE ON WATER.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RAMAPO RIVER
  POMPTON LAKES    10.0    7.38  SUN 11 PM   10.0 TO 11.0
                                             INTERMITTENTLY
                                             INTO MONDAY
         

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 241258
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
758 AM EST MON DEC 24 2007

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
 
  RAMAPO RIVER AT POMPTON LAKES AFFECTING BERGEN...MORRIS AND PASSAIC 
  COUNTIES 

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

NJC003-027-031-241741-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0063.000000T0000Z-071224T1741Z/
/PPTN4.2.ER.071224T0135Z.071224T1045Z.071224T1141Z.UU/
758 AM EST MON DEC 24 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE RAMAPO RIVER AT POMPTON LAKES.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:15 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FLUCTUATE DUE TO RELEASES FROM POMPTON
  LAKE...AND IS EXPECTED TO CREST INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 11
  AND 13 FEET INTO THE AFTERNOON. 
* IMPACT...WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
  RAMAPO RIVER ITSELF...STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IF WATER FROM
  THE RIVER BACKS UP INTO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RAMAPO RIVER
  POMPTON LAKES    10.0    6.85  MON 7 AM    11.0 TO 13.0
                                             INTERMITTENTLY 
                                             INTO THIS AFTERNOON 

&&

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.