River Flood Warning 91, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Aug 14, 2011, 6:39 AM EDT (10:39 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 14, 2011, 7:19 AM EDT

Expired

Aug 14, 2011, 7:51 PM EDT

In force

13 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 10:41 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 12.12 ft at Aug 14, 2011, 3:00 PM 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.

983 
WGUS41 KPHI 141039
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
639 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 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.

&&

DEC003-141639-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0091.110814T1119Z-110814T2000Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.110814T1119Z.110814T1200Z.110814T1400Z.NO/
639 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  6:31 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 11.1 FEET THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING.
* 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    9.88  SUN 7 AM    11.1  SUN 8 AM 

&&

418 
WGUS41 KPHI 141715
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
115 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY FOR THE 
CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

DEC003-142315-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0091.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.110814T1656Z.110814T2000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
115 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...FORECAST FLOODING INCREASED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY...
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 1:00 PM...THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET AND RISING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 12.4 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   10.7  SUN 100 PM    12.4  SUN 4 PM 

&&

IOVINO

815 
WGUS81 KPHI 142351
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
751 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE CHRISTINA RIVER
AT COOCHS BRIDGE...

&&

DEC003-150021-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110814T2351Z/
/CHBD1.2.ER.110814T1656Z.110814T1931Z.110814T2327Z.NO/
751 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* AT 7:45 PM...THE STAGE WAS 10.1 FEET AND FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5   10.1  SUN 745 PM    CRESTED          

&&

IOVINO

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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.