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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 6, 2008New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Sep 6, 2008, 6:07 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 6, 2008, 7:14 PM EDT. It was in force for 112 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2008, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 6, 2008, 7:14 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 6, 2008, 9:06 PM EDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity: Minor

County New Castle County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Christina River at Coochs Bridge (CHBD1). The gauge peaked at 10.50 ft at Sep 6, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT.

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.

The text

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

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 062207
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
607 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

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

  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY

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

DEC003-070407-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0039.080907T0257Z-080907T1026Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.080907T0257Z.080907T0400Z.080907T0426Z.NO/
607 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* FOR THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:54 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING AND CREST SLIGHTLY
  ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.
* 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    9.47  SAT 6 PM    10.6  THIS EVENING

&&

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 062315
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
715 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN DELAWARE...
 
  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY 

...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING...

DEC003-070810-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0039.080906T2314Z-080907T0810Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.080906T2301Z.080907T0000Z.080907T0210Z.NO/
715 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 7:11 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.8 FEET 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   10.50  SAT 7 PM    10.8  SAT 8 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 070106
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
906 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
DELAWARE...
 
  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY

DEC003-070136-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080907T0810Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.080906T2301Z.080906T2346Z.080906T2347Z.NO/
906 PM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* AT  8:57 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  7:47 PM SATURDAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.2 FEET BY MONDAY 
  MORNING.
* 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   10.24  SAT 9 PM     9.4  SAT 10 PM

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 4:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	6 hr

Nearby

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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.