River Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Jun 7, 2013, 9:48 PM EDT (01:48 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 7, 2013, 11:41 PM EDT

Expired

Jun 8, 2013, 3:24 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 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 Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford (CDFP1). The gauge peaked at 8.62 ft at Jun 8, 2013, 1:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

9 ft

Moderate stage

11 ft

Major stage

13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01481000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

491 
WGUS41 KPHI 080148
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
948 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

  BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD AFFECTING CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC029-045-080748-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0013.130608T0341Z-130609T0102Z/
/CDFP1.1.ER.130608T0341Z.130608T1200Z.130608T1902Z.NO/
948 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD.
* UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:30 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 10.5
  FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TOMORROW 
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...THE INTERSECTION OF CREEK ROAD AND ROUTE 926 NEAR 
  POCOPSON FLOODS UPSTREAM OF CHADDS FORD.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  CHADDS FORD      9.0    8.34  FRI 9 PM      10.5  SAT 8 AM 

&&

634 
WGUS81 KPHI 080724
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
324 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD AFFECTING CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC029-045-080754-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130609T0102Z/
/CDFP1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
324 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE BRANDYWINE CREEK AT CHADDS FORD.
* AT 2:30 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 8.6 FEET. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL TO 4.1 FEET TONIGHT .
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...THE INTERSECTION OF CREEK ROAD AND ROUTE 926 NEAR 
  POCOPSON FLOODS UPSTREAM OF CHADDS FORD.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  CHADDS FORD      9.0    8.60  SAT 2 AM      8.4    SAT 8 AM 

&&

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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.