River Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Feb 13, 2008, 9:49 PM EST (02:49 UTC)

Expired

Feb 14, 2008, 1:50 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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 Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford (CDFP1). The gauge peaked at 9.01 ft at Feb 13, 2008, 11:00 PM EST.

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

9 ft

Moderate stage

11 ft

Major stage

13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01481000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 140249
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
949 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008

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

  BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD AFFECTING CHESTER AND DELAWARE 
  COUNTIES

...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE BRANDYWINE CREEK...

PAC029-045-140849-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0013.080214T0249Z-080214T1043Z/
/CDFP1.1.ER.080214T0238Z.080214T0400Z.080214T0443Z.NO/
949 PM EST WED FEB 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD.
* THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS APPROACHING 9.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD IS EXPECTED TO RISE
  ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 9.4 FEET OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...THE INTERSECTION OF CREEK ROAD AND ROUTE
  926 NEAR POCOPSON FLOODS UPSTREAM OF CHADDS FORD.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  CHADDS FORD      9.0    8.96  WED 9 PM     9.4  OVERNIGHT

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 140650
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
150 AM EST THU FEB 14 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD AFFECTING CHESTER AND DELAWARE 
  COUNTIES

...FLOODING NO LONGER A THREAT ALONG THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT
   CHADDS FORD....

PAC029-045-140720-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080214T1043Z/
/CDFP1.1.ER.080214T0307Z.080214T0430Z.080214T0546Z.NO/
150 AM EST THU FEB 14 2008

* AT  1:30 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       THU 7 AM

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  CHADDS FORD      9.0    8.90  THU 1 AM     6.7  THU 7 AM 

&&

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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.