River Flood Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Dec 26, 2009, 3:11 PM EST (20:11 UTC)

In effect from

Dec 26, 2009, 5:46 PM EST

Expired

Dec 26, 2009, 6:28 PM EST

In force

42 min

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 20:11 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 Red Clay Creek at Wooddale (RCCD1). The gauge peaked at 6.57 ft at Dec 26, 2009, 3:00 PM EST.

Action stage

5.5 ft

Minor stage

7 ft

Moderate stage

8.5 ft

Major stage

10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01480000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 262011
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
311 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

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

  RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE 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.

&&

DEC003-270211-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0037.091226T2246Z-091227T0517Z/
/RCCD1.1.ER.091226T2246Z.091226T2300Z.091226T2317Z.NO/
311 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:45 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.6 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE TO 7.0 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...BARLEY MILL ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RED CLAY CREEK
  WOODDALE         7.0    6.56  SAT 3 PM     7.0  SAT 6 PM 

&&

000 
WGUS81 KPHI 262328
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
628 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
DELAWARE...
 
  RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE 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.

&&

DEC003-262358-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0037.000000T0000Z-091227T0517Z/
/RCCD1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
628 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE.
* AT 5:45 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6.6 FEET AND 
  WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...BARLEY MILL ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RED CLAY CREEK
  WOODDALE         7.0    6.27  SAT 6 PM     ALREADY CRESTED 

&&

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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.