River Flood Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Mar 5, 2008, 9:54 AM EST (14:54 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 5, 2008, 10:40 AM EST

Expired

Mar 5, 2008, 8:33 PM EST

In force

10 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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 Lehigh River at Walnutport (WNTP1). The gauge peaked at 8.99 ft at Mar 5, 2008, 3:00 PM EST.

Action stage

7.5 ft

Minor stage

8 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01451000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 051454
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
954 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... 

  LEHIGH RIVER AT WALNUTPORT AFFECTING LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES

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

PAC077-095-052054-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0017.080305T1540Z-080306T0512Z/
/WNTP1.1.ER.080305T1540Z.080305T2000Z.080305T2312Z.NO/
954 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE LEHIGH RIVER AT WALNUTPORT.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.8 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 8.8 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 6.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING BEGINS DOWNSTREAM AT CATASAQUA 
  AND HOKENDAQUA

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

LEHIGH RIVER
  WALNUTPORT       8.0    7.75  WED 9 AM     8.8  WED 3 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 051833
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
133 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVER IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  LEHIGH RIVER AT WALNUTPORT AFFECTING LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES 

...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THE LEHIGH 
RIVER...

PAC077-095-060433-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080306T1000Z/
/WNTP1.1.ER.080305T1453Z.080305T2100Z.080306T0400Z.NO/
133 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE LEHIGH RIVER AT WALNUTPORT.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1:15 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 8.9 FEET BEFORE
  FALLING BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

LEHIGH RIVER
  WALNUTPORT       8.0    8.83  WED 1 PM     8.9  WED 4 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 060133
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
833 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE LEHIGH RIVER IN 
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
 
PAC077-095-060203-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-080306T1000Z/
/WNTP1.1.ER.080305T1453Z.080305T1945Z.080306T0102Z.NO/
833 PM EST WED MAR 05 2008

* AT 8:30 PM, THE RIVER STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE AT WALNUTPORT IS 8.0 FEET. 
* NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED ON THE LEHIGH RIVER.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

LEHIGH RIVER
  WALNUTPORT       8.0    7.9  WED 830 PM     CRESTED AT 9.0 FT
                                              AT 2:45 PM WED 

&&

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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.