River Flood Warning 66, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Dec 25, 2007, 10:37 PM EST (03:37 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 26, 2007, 7:00 AM EST

Expired

Dec 26, 2007, 8:41 AM EST

In force

101 min

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 03:42 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 12.37 ft at Dec 24, 2007, 10:00 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 
WGUS81 KPHI 260337
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1037 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2007


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

NJC003-027-031-261337-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0066.071226T1200Z-071226T1800Z/
/PPTN4.1.ER.071226T1200Z.071226T0145Z.071226T1200Z.UU/
1037 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE RAMAPO RIVER AT POMPTON LAKES.
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING 
  IS CANCELLED.
* AT  10:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET. THE RIVER LEVEL WILL
  CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 6.5 FEET AND 10.5 FEET DUE TO
  RELEASES FROM POMPTON LAKE. THE FLUCTUATIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* IMPACT...WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE
  RAMAPO RIVER ITSELF...MINOR STREET FLOODING IS EXPECTED AS
  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    8.44  TUE 10 PM   FLUCTUATING BETWEEN
                                             6.5 FT AND 10.5 FT  
                                             INTO WEDNESDAY
                                             MORNING.
     

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 261341
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
841 AM EST WED DEC 26 2007

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

NJC003-027-031-261411-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0066.000000T0000Z-071226T1800Z/
/PPTN4.1.ER.071226T0656Z.071226T0715Z.071226T0813Z.UU/
841 AM EST WED DEC 26 2007

* AT  8:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.0 FEET. 
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* IMPACT...WHILE WATER LEVELS ON THE RAMAPO RIVER WILL CONTINUE 
  TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 6.0 AND 11.0 FEET FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO
  DUE TO RELEASES FROM POMPTON LAKE, NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 
  THE FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RAMAPO RIVER
  POMPTON LAKES    10.0   10.00  WED 8 AM     7.8  WED 1 PM 

&&

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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.