River Flood Warning 52, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Mar 30, 2010, 3:18 PM EDT (19:18 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 30, 2010, 5:25 PM EDT

Expired

Mar 30, 2010, 10:52 PM EDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County Mercer County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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 Assunpink Creek at Trenton (TACN4). The gauge peaked at 8.98 ft at Mar 30, 2010, 7:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

7 ft

Minor stage

8.5 ft

Moderate stage

9.5 ft

Major stage

11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01464000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

079 
WGUS41 KPHI 301918
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
318 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

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

  ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC021-310118-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0052.100330T2125Z-100331T0800Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.100330T2125Z.100331T0000Z.100331T0200Z.NO/
318 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 3:01 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 8.8 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

ASSUNPINK CREEK
  TRENTON          8.5    8.22  TUE 3 PM     8.8  TUE 8 PM 

&&

720 
WGUS81 KPHI 310100
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
900 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
 
  ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC021-311100-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0052.000000T0000Z-100331T1300Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.100330T1941Z.100330T2246Z.100331T0700Z.NO/
900 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* AT  8:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET AND FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

ASSUNPINK CREEK
  TRENTON          8.5    8.87  TUE 8 PM      CRESTED AT 9 FT AT 645 PM TUE
                                              NOW FALLING    

&&

214 
WGUS81 KPHI 310252
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1052 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW 
JERSEY...
 
  ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC021-310322-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0052.000000T0000Z-100331T1300Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.100330T1941Z.100330T2246Z.100331T0153Z.NO/
1052 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* AT 10:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9:53 PM TUESDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.6 FEET BY THURSDAY 
  MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

ASSUNPINK CREEK
  TRENTON          8.5    8.40  TUE 10 PM    8.1  WED 2 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.