River Flood Warning 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Dec 26, 2009, 2:42 PM EST (19:42 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 26, 2009, 6:08 PM EST

Expired

Dec 27, 2009, 10:13 AM EST

In force

16 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County Bucks County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 Neshaminy Creek near Langhorne (LNGP1). The gauge peaked at 8.29 ft at Dec 26, 2009, 3:00 PM EST.

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

9 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01465500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 261942
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
242 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

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

  NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE AFFECTING BUCKS COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC017-270142-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0035.091226T2308Z-091227T0651Z/
/LNGP1.1.ER.091226T2308Z.091227T0000Z.091227T0051Z.NO/
242 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:15 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 9.2 FEET LATE THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE AROUND MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE REACHED WITH SOME HOMES FLOODED IN 
  LANGHORNE TERRACE

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

NESHAMINY CREEK
  LANGHORNE        9.0    8.09  SAT 2 PM     9.2  SAT 7 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 270125
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
825 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE AFFECTING BUCKS COUNTY 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC017-271125-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-091227T1513Z/
/LNGP1.1.ER.091227T0208Z.091227T0300Z.091227T0913Z.NO/
825 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE.
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* THE LATEST STAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO A GAGE MALFUNCTION. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...RISE TO NEAR 9.7 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...AT THIS LEVEL SOME HOMES IN THE AREA OF THE 
  LANGHORNE GAGE ARE EVACUATED

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

NESHAMINY CREEK
  LANGHORNE        9.0    7.44  SAT 7 PM     9.7  SAT 10 PM

&&

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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.