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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 5, 2008Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2008, 8:55 AM EST for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 5, 2008, 10:58 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2008, 8:55 AM EST (13:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2008, 10:58 AM EST
Expired: Mar 5, 2008, 8:55 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity: Minor

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:58 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Schuylkill River at Berne (BREP1). The gauge peaked at 12.81 ft at Mar 5, 2008, 3:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01470500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 051355
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
855 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

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

  SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE AFFECTING BERKS COUNTY

...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE...

PAC011-051955-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0016.080305T1800Z-080306T0000Z/
/BREP1.1.ER.080305T1800Z.080305T1800Z.080305T1800Z.NO/
855 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO FLOOD STAGE
  LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

SCHUYLKILL RIVER
  BERNE            12.0   11.14  WED 8 AM    12.0 LATE THIS MORNING
                                                  OR EARLY AFTERNOON 

&&

3 follow-up statements

000
WGUS41 KPHI 051458
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
958 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

  SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE AFFECTING BERKS COUNTY

...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER...

PAC011-052058-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0016.080305T1558Z-080306T0627Z/
/BREP1.1.ER.080305T1558Z.080305T2100Z.080306T0027Z.NO/
958 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 12.8 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

SCHUYLKILL RIVER
  BERNE            12.0   11.71  WED 9 AM    12.8  WED 4 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 051848
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
148 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE AFFECTING BERKS COUNTY 

...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...

PAC011-060448-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080306T0900Z/
/BREP1.1.ER.080305T1507Z.080305T1830Z.080306T0300Z.NO/
148 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT BERNE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1:30 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST JUST UNDER 13.0 FEET THIS
  AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

SCHUYLKILL RIVER
  BERNE            12.0   12.73  WED 1 PM    12.7  WED 5 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 060155
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
855 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT 
BERNE... 

PAC011-091-060225-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080306T0900Z/
/BREP1.1.ER.080305T1507Z.080305T2030Z.080306T0118Z.NO/
855 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

* AT 8:45 PM, THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET AND FALLING. 
* THE FLOOD STAGE AT BERNE IS 12.0 FEET.
* NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT BERNE OR AT ANY POINTS 
  DOWNSTREAM. 

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

SCHUYLKILL RIVER
  BERNE            12.0   11.9  WED 845 PM    CRESTED AT 12.8 FT
                                              AT 300 PM ON WED

&&

IOVINO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 2:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Philadelphia	40 min
Mar 5, 9:54 AM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	11 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

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.