River Flood Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Sep 4, 2012, 3:11 PM EDT (19:11 UTC)

In effect from

Sep 4, 2012, 3:22 PM EDT

Expired

Sep 4, 2012, 4:01 PM EDT

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County Delaware County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 Chester Creek near Chester (CHSP1). The gauge peaked at 8.92 ft at Sep 3, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

7 ft

Minor stage

8 ft

Moderate stage

10 ft

Major stage

14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01477000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

754 
WGUS41 KPHI 041911
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
311 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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

  CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER AFFECTING DELAWARE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC045-050111-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0006.120904T1922Z-120905T0254Z/
/CHSP1.1.ER.120904T1922Z.120904T2000Z.120904T2054Z.NO/
311 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:46 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO NEAR 9.0 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 FEET...FLOOD DAMAGE BEGINS IN THE CITY OF CHESTER.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHESTER CREEK
  CHESTER          8.0    7.05  TUE 3 PM      9.0    TUE 4 PM 

&&

801 
WGUS81 KPHI 042001
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
401 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER AFFECTING DELAWARE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC045-042031-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120905T0254Z/
/CHSP1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
401 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER.
* AT 3:46 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 7.5 FEET.  THE RIVER WILL 
  CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.0 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 FEET...FLOOD DAMAGE BEGINS IN THE CITY OF CHESTER.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       

CHESTER CREEK
  CHESTER          8.0    7.15  TUE 4 PM      7.0    TUE 5 PM 

&&

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.