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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 10, 2013Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Jun 10, 2013, 9:04 AM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2013, 9:04 AM EDT (13:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2013, 2:33 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity: Minor

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown (DWNP1). The gauge peaked at 9.58 ft at Jun 10, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 ft
Moderate stage: 9 ft
Major stage: 11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01480870, 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.

438 
WGUS41 KPHI 101304
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
904 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

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

  EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN AFFECTING CHESTER COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC029-101904-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0019.130610T1304Z-130610T2038Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.130610T1227Z.130610T1400Z.130610T1438Z.NO/
904 AM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  8:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.0 FEET BY LATE THIS 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    7.32  MON 9 AM     9.0    MON 10 AM

&&

2 follow-up statements

244 
WGUS41 KPHI 101627
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1227 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

  EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN AFFECTING CHESTER COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC029-102227-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130611T0128Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.130610T1227Z.130610T1530Z.130610T1928Z.NO/
1227 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR 
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS 
  AFTERNOON.


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    8.60  MON 12 PM    8.0    MON 1 PM 

&&

599 
WGUS81 KPHI 101833
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
233 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN AFFECTING CHESTER COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC029-101903-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0019.000000T0000Z-130611T0128Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.130610T1227Z.130610T1530Z.130610T1724Z.NO/
233 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* AT  1:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  1:24 PM MONDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.7 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    6.49  MON 2 PM     5.8    MON 8 PM 

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:30 AM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more	24 hr
Jun 10, 5:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Chester	4 hr
Jun 10, 5:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton	4 hr
Jun 10, 6:07 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester, Montgomery	4 hr
Jun 10, 7:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jun 10, 12:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery	17 hr
Jun 10, 4:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia	4 hr
Jun 10, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	65 min
Jun 10, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware	60 min
Jun 10, 4:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	12 hr
Jun 10, 5:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	12 hr
Jun 10, 6:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	53 min
Jun 10, 6:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks	9 hr
Jun 10, 6:33 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware	5 hr

Nearby

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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.