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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 7, 2011Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Mar 7, 2011, 3:55 AM EST for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 7, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 7, 2011, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 7, 2011, 9:03 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity: Minor

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Bush Kill at Shoemakers (SHOP1). The gauge peaked at 6.04 ft at Mar 7, 2011, 6:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 7 ft
Major stage: 8 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01439500, 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.

865 
WGUS41 KPHI 070855
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
355 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

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

  BUSH KILL AT SHOEMAKERS AFFECTING MONROE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC089-071455-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0009.110307T0900Z-110307T1930Z/
/SHOP1.1.ER.110307T0900Z.110307T1200Z.110307T1330Z.NO/
355 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BUSH KILL AT SHOEMAKERS.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 3:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE VERY EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 6.1 FEET BY MID MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE BY NOON.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BUSH KILL
  SHOEMAKERS       6.0    5.94  MON 4 AM     6.1  MON 7 AM 

&&

2 follow-up statements

526 
WGUS41 KPHI 071127
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
627 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

  BUSH KILL AT SHOEMAKERS AFFECTING MONROE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC089-071727-
/O.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110307T1930Z/
/SHOP1.1.ER.110307T0922Z.110307T1200Z.110307T1330Z.NO/
627 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE BUSH KILL AT SHOEMAKERS.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  6:15 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FLUCTUATE AROUND 6.1 FEET THIS 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER 
  THIS MORNING.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BUSH KILL
  SHOEMAKERS       6.0    6.04  MON 6 AM     6.1  MON 7 AM 

&&

858 
WGUS81 KPHI 071403
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
903 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  BUSH KILL AT SHOEMAKERS AFFECTING MONROE COUNTY

&&

PAC089-071433-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110307T1930Z/
/SHOP1.1.ER.110307T0922Z.110307T1145Z.110307T1245Z.NO/
903 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BUSH KILL AT SHOEMAKERS.
* AT  8:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  7:45 AM MONDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.5 FEET BY TOMORROW 
  MORNING.


$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BUSH KILL
  SHOEMAKERS       6.0    5.95  MON 9 AM     5.6  MON 1 PM 

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 6, 9:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	7 hr
Mar 6, 9:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	6 hr
Mar 6, 10:11 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	9 hr
Mar 6, 11:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks	5 hr
Mar 7, 1:25 AM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks	9 hr
Mar 7, 3:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monroe	3 hr
Mar 7, 8:52 AM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Northampton	17 hr
Mar 7, 8:52 AM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks	17 hr
Mar 7, 8:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Monroe, Northampton	11 hr
Mar 7, 6:19 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Monroe	5 hr

Nearby

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

Sources

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.