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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2011, 9:35 PM EST for Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 11, 2011, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2011, 9:35 PM EST (02:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 11, 2011, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2011, 11:05 AM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Bucks County, PA
The river
Written for the forecast point Neshaminy Creek near Langhorne (LNGP1). The gauge peaked at 9.49 ft at Mar 11, 2011, 7:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01465500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835
WGUS41 KPHI 110235
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
935 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE AFFECTING BUCKS COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
&&
PAC017-110835-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0031.110311T0700Z-110312T0123Z/
/LNGP1.2.ER.110311T0700Z.110311T1200Z.110311T1923Z.NO/
935 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT TO FRIDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
* AT 9:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.8 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 11.5 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...AT THIS LEVEL CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IS REPORTED
THROUGHOUT THE LOWER NESHAMINY CREEK BASIN
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
NESHAMINY CREEK
LANGHORNE 9.0 6.78 THU 9 PM 11.5 FRI 7 AM
&&2 follow-up statements
451
WGUS81 KPHI 110716
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
216 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
PENNSYLVANIA...
NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE AFFECTING BUCKS COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
&&
PAC017-111716-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110311T2313Z/
/LNGP1.2.ER.110311T1100Z.110311T1200Z.110311T1713Z.NO/
216 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE.
* AT 1:46 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.7 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUE TO RISE
TO NEAR 11.0 FEET THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 11.0 FEET...AT THIS LEVEL CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IS REPORTED
THROUGHOUT THE LOWER NESHAMINY CREEK BASIN
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
NESHAMINY CREEK
LANGHORNE 9.0 7.68 FRI 2 AM 11.0 FRI 7 AM
&&279
WGUS81 KPHI 111605
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1105 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
PENNSYLVANIA...
NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE AFFECTING BUCKS COUNTY
&&
PAC017-111635-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110311T2313Z/
/LNGP1.1.ER.110311T0943Z.110311T1230Z.110311T1500Z.NO/
1105 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE NESHAMINY CREEK AT LANGHORNE.
* AT 10:15 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10:00 AM FRIDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.8 FEET BY TOMORROW
MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...FLOOD STAGE REACHED WITH SOME HOMES FLOODED IN
LANGHORNE TERRACE
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
NESHAMINY CREEK
LANGHORNE 9.0 8.90 FRI 10 AM 8.5 FRI 1 PM
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 8:02 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 22 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Montgomery | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 30 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:31 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 18 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 28 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:37 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:43 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:10 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:12 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon | 13 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:47 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 31 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Northampton | 40 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 40 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 38 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 38 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 31 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 38 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:47 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 13 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.