River Flood Warning 29, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Mar 8, 2008, 2:50 PM EST (19:50 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 8, 2008, 5:49 PM EST

Expired

Mar 8, 2008, 5:28 PM EST

In force

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County New Castle County, DE

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 Christina River at Coochs Bridge (CHBD1). The gauge peaked at 9.80 ft at Mar 8, 2008, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage

9 ft

Minor stage

11 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01478000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 081950
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
250 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

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

  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY

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

DEC003-090150-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0029.080308T2249Z-080309T0734Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.080308T2249Z.080309T0000Z.080309T0134Z.NO/
250 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:40 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 10.6 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATER THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.19  SAT 3 PM    10.6  SAT 7 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 082228
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
528 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE CHRISTINA RIVER...
 
DEC003-082258-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080309T0734Z/
/CHBD1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
528 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* AT 5:30 PM, THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET AND CRESTING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* THE RIVER LEVEL WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING AND NO
  FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.6  SAT 530 PM    CRESTING 

&&

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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.