River Flood Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Jan 25, 2010, 10:43 AM EST (15:43 UTC)

In effect from

Jan 25, 2010, 11:07 AM EST

Expired

Jan 25, 2010, 4:47 PM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Moderate

County New Castle County, DE

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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 11.45 ft at Jan 25, 2010, 2:00 PM EST.

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.

900 
WGUS41 KPHI 251543
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1043 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...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.

&&

DEC003-252143-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0001.100125T1607Z-100126T0512Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.100125T1607Z.100125T1900Z.100125T2312Z.NO/
1043 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.8 FEET. 
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
  RISE TO NEAR 11.8 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY 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    9.78  MON 10 AM   11.8  MON 2 PM 

&&

507 
WGUS81 KPHI 252147
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
447 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED 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.

&&

DEC003-252217-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100126T0512Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.100125T1553Z.100125T1915Z.100125T2133Z.NO/
447 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010

* AT  4:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET AND FALLING.
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* 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    10.5   10.34  MON 5 PM    10.0  MON 5 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.