River Flood Warning 18, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Oct 28, 2009, 7:34 AM EDT (11:34 UTC)

Expired

Oct 28, 2009, 10:42 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

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 11:36 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 10.95 ft at Oct 28, 2009, 7:00 AM 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.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 281134
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
734 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

...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
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

&&

DEC003-281734-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0018.091028T1134Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.091028T0943Z.091028T1115Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
734 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* THIS MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  7:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* 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    10.0   10.98  WED 7 AM     11.3 WED 8 AM

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 281156
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
756 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

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

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

&&

DEC003-281838-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091028T1838Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.091028T0943Z.091028T1200Z.091028T1238Z.NO/
756 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

...FLOOD WARNING EXTENDED UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...THE FLOOD WARNING 
CONTINUES FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS NEAR ITS CREST AND WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE LATER THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5   10.97  WED 7 AM    11.1  WED 8 AM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 281442
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1042 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

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

&&

DEC003-281512-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0018.000000T0000Z-091028T1838Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.091028T0943Z.091028T1115Z.091028T1315Z.NO/
1042 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* AT 10:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.7 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9:15 AM WEDNESDAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.73  WED 10 AM    CRESTED AND FALLING

&&

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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.