River Flood Warning 166, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Sep 7, 2011, 7:32 AM EDT (11:32 UTC)

Expired

Sep 7, 2011, 10:59 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

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 11:32 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 White Clay Creek near Newark (DPKD1). The gauge peaked at 12.88 ft at Sep 7, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

13 ft

Moderate stage

15 ft

Major stage

16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01479000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

969 
WGUS41 KPHI 071132
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
732 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

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

  WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK 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.

&&

DEC003-071732-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0166.110907T1133Z-110907T2203Z/
/DPKD1.1.ER.110907T1133Z.110907T1300Z.110907T1603Z.NO/
732 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 13.4 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 13.3 FEET...DELAWARE ROUTE 7 BEGINS TO FLOOD.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WHITE CLAY CREEK
  NEWARK           13.0   12.77  WED 7 AM    13.4  WED 9 AM 

&&

718 
WGUS81 KPHI 071459
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1059 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
DELAWARE...
 
  WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK 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.

&&

DEC003-071529-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0166.000000T0000Z-110907T2203Z/
/DPKD1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1059 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK.
* AT 10:46 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 12.9 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 7.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WHITE CLAY CREEK
  NEWARK           13.0   10.83  WED 11 AM    FALLING

&&

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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.