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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 10, 2009Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Dec 10, 2009, 10:11 AM EST for Burlington County, New Jersey. It took effect at Dec 10, 2009, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 2009, 10:11 AM EST (15:11 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 10, 2009, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 10, 2009, 3:14 PM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity
Minor

County Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 North Branch Rancocas Creek at Pemberton (PEBN4). The gauge peaked at 2.38 ft at Dec 10, 2009, 11:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
2.3 ft
Minor stage
2.5 ft
Moderate stage
3.5 ft
Major stage
4.2 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01467000, 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 101511
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1011 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

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

  NORTH BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK AT PEMBERTON AFFECTING BURLINGTON COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC005-102111-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0030.091211T0000Z-091212T0600Z/
/PEBN4.1.ER.091211T0000Z.091211T0000Z.091212T0000Z.NO/
1011 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NORTH BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK AT PEMBERTON.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 10:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.4 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 2.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE THIS 
  EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 2.5 FEET...SOME MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN EASTAMPTON

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RANCOCAS CREEK
  PEMBERTON        2.5    2.37  THU 10 AM    2.5  THU 7 PM 

&&
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS81 KPHI 102014
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
314 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW 
JERSEY...
 
  NORTH BRANCH RANCOCAS CREEK AT PEMBERTON AFFECTING BURLINGTON COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC005-102044-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0030.000000T0000Z-091212T0600Z/
/PEBN4.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
314 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009

* AT 3:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 2.4 FEET. 
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 2.5 FEET. 
* IMPACT...AT 2.5 FEET...SOME MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN EASTAMPTON

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RANCOCAS CREEK
  PEMBERTON        2.5    2.37  THU 3 PM      CRESTING 

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 9, 7:09 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean6 hr
Dec 9, 10:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.