River Flood Warning 92, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Aug 14, 2011, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 14, 2011, 5:51 PM EDT

Expired

Aug 14, 2011, 5:31 PM EDT

In force

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 18:57 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 White Clay Creek near Newark (DPKD1). The gauge peaked at 12.99 ft at Aug 14, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

13 ft

Moderate stage

15 ft

Major stage

16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01479000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

059 
WGUS41 KPHI 141856
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
256 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

DEC003-150056-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0092.110814T2151Z-110815T0754Z/
/DPKD1.1.ER.110814T2151Z.110815T0000Z.110815T0154Z.NO/
256 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:00 PM...THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET AND RISING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON
  AND IT SHOULD CREST AROUND 13.2 FEET THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL
  FALL BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 13.3 FEET...DELAWARE ROUTE 7 BEGINS TO FLOOD.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WHITE CLAY CREEK
  NEWARK           13.0   12.5  SUN 200 PM    13.2  SUN 8 PM 

&&

IOVINO

986 
WGUS81 KPHI 142131
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WHITE CLAY CREEK
NEAR NEWARK...

&&

DEC003-142201-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0092.000000T0000Z-110815T0754Z/
/DPKD1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
531 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK.
* AT 5:15 PM...THE STAGE WAS 11.9 FEET AND FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED JUST BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE OF 
  13.0 FEET. THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.

$$

                   FLD      OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WHITE CLAY CREEK
  NEWARK           13.0   11.9  SUN 515 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.