River Flood Warning 60, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Apr 16, 2011, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 16, 2011, 9:37 PM EDT

Expired

Apr 17, 2011, 2:42 AM EDT

In force

5 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 00:42 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 11.39 ft at Apr 17, 2011, 12:00 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.

630 
WGUS41 KPHI 170042
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
842 PM EDT SAT APR 16 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.

&&

DEC003-170642-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0060.110417T0137Z-110417T1334Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.110417T0137Z.110417T0400Z.110417T0734Z.NO/
842 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:31 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 12.1 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TOMORROW. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TOMORROW.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.38  SAT 9 PM    12.1  SUN 12 AM

&&

610 
WGUS81 KPHI 170642
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
242 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

...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.

&&

DEC003-170712-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110417T1334Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.110417T0122Z.110417T0401Z.110417T0616Z.NO/
242 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* AT  2:31 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  2:16 AM SUNDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. 
* 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   10.29  SUN 3 AM     9.7  SUN 3 AM 

&&

River Flood Warnings in Delaware, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011

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.