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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 7, 2013Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2013, 9:41 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It took effect at Jun 7, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2013, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 7, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2013, 6:28 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity
Minor

County Mercer County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Assunpink Creek at Trenton (TACN4). The gauge peaked at 8.98 ft at Jun 8, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT.

actionminormoderate24681006/0806/09
Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8.5 ft
Moderate stage
9.5 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01464000, 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.

379 
WGUS41 KPHI 080141
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
941 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

  ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC021-080741-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0012.130608T0300Z-130608T1845Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.130608T0300Z.130608T0600Z.130608T1245Z.UU/
941 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 8.8 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS. EVACUATIONS POSSIBLE.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

ASSUNPINK CREEK
  TRENTON          8.5    7.87  FRI 9 PM      8.8    SAT 2 AM 

&&
2 follow-up statements
407 
WGUS81 KPHI 080720
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
320 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
  ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC021-081720-
/O.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130608T1845Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.130608T0302Z.130608T0900Z.130608T1245Z.UU/
320 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* AT 3:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.1 FEET BY EARLY THIS 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS. EVACUATIONS POSSIBLE.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

ASSUNPINK CREEK
  TRENTON          8.5    8.97  SAT 3 AM      9.1    SAT 5 AM 

&&
053 
WGUS81 KPHI 081028
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ASSUNPINK CREEK...

&&

NJC021-081058-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130608T1845Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.130608T0302Z.130608T0800Z.130608T0946Z.UU/
628 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* AT 6:15 AM...THE STAGE WAS 8.29 FEET AND FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET. 
* THE CREEK LEVEL FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 5:45 AM.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

ASSUNPINK CREEK
  TRENTON          8.5    8.29  SAT 615 AM    CRESTED 

&&

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren6 hr
Jun 7, 9:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington8 hr
Jun 7, 9:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset44 hr
Jun 7, 10:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset16 hr
Jun 7, 10:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset20 hr
Jun 7, 10:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset22 hr
Jun 7, 11:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICumberland, Salem4 hr
Jun 8, 1:47 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester19 hr
Jun 8, 1:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICumberland, Salem12 hr
Jun 8, 3:06 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean6 hr
Jun 8, 8:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMonmouth10 hr
Jun 8, 9:28 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset6 hr
Jun 8, 12:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris19 hr
Jun 8, 3:43 PM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.