River Flood Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Mar 10, 2011, 10:33 AM EST (15:33 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 10, 2011, 12:43 PM EST

Expired

Mar 10, 2011, 3:00 PM EST

In force

2 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 15:36 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 9.83 ft at Mar 10, 2011, 1:00 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.

290 
WGUS41 KPHI 101533
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1033 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...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.

&&

DEC003-102133-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0021.110310T1743Z-110311T0703Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.110310T1743Z.110310T2100Z.110311T0103Z.NO/
1033 AM EST THU MAR 10 2011

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 10:16 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 11.4 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 
* 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    8.80  THU 10 AM   11.4  THU 4 PM 

&&

007 
WGUS81 KPHI 102000
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
300 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
DELAWARE...
 
  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLIER
THIS AFTERNOON. STAGES ALONG THE CHRISTINA RIVER ARE FALLING AT THIS TIME,
SO THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER, IF HEAVY RAIN MOVES
BACK INTO THE BASIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING, ANOTHER FLOOD WARNING
MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED.

RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG THE CHRISTINA RIVER ARE URGED TO STAY 
ABREAST OF CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE AWARE IF ADDITIONAL WARNINGS
ARE ISSUED.

&&

DEC003-102030-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110311T0703Z/
/CHBD1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
300 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* AT  2:46 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9.8 FEET.  THE RIVER
  WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME      

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.47  THU 3 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.