River Flood Warning 42, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Mar 29, 2010, 2:15 AM EDT (06:15 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 29, 2010, 2:46 AM EDT

Expired

Mar 29, 2010, 7:06 AM EDT

In force

4 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 06:19 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 10.94 ft at Mar 29, 2010, 5:00 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.

019 
WGUS41 KPHI 290615
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
215 AM EDT MON MAR 29 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.

&&

DEC003-291215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0042.100329T0646Z-100329T2100Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.100329T0646Z.100329T1000Z.100329T1500Z.NO/
215 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  2:00 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND
  3:00 AM EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR
  12.4 FEET BY ABOUT 6:00 AM THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.16 MON 20 AM     12.4  MON 600 AM 

&&

929 
WGUS81 KPHI 290651
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
251 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

...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.

&&

DEC003-291651-
/O.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-100329T2100Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.100329T0647Z.100329T1000Z.100329T1500Z.NO/
251 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  2:30 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 3:30 AM THIS MORNING AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 12.4 FEET BY ABOUT 6:00 am THIS MORNING.
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.91  MON 2 AM    12.4  MON 6 AM 

&&

296 
WGUS81 KPHI 291106
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
706 AM EDT MON MAR 29 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.

&&

DEC003-291136-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0042.000000T0000Z-100329T2100Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.100329T0713Z.100329T0915Z.100329T1027Z.NO/
706 AM EDT MON MAR 29 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* AT  6:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  6:27 AM MONDAY.
* FORECAST...RENEWED RISES ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AS ADDITIONAL
  RAIN MOVES OVER THE BASIN. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5   10.28  MON 7 AM     9.8  MON 8 AM 

&&

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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.