River Flood Warning 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Jul 1, 2013, 10:30 AM EDT (14:30 UTC)

In effect from

Jul 1, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT

Expired

Jul 1, 2013, 3:48 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Written for the forecast point South Branch Raritan River at Stanton (STTN4). The gauge peaked at 8.73 ft at Jul 1, 2013, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

7 ft

Minor stage

8 ft

Moderate stage

10 ft

Major stage

12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01397000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

028 
WGUS41 KPHI 011430
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1030 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

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

  SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON AFFECTING HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET 
  COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC019-035-012030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0032.130701T1700Z-130703T0112Z/
/STTN4.1.ER.130701T1700Z.130702T0000Z.130702T1912Z.NO/
1030 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON.
* UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 10:15 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 8.7 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...RIGHT BANK AND APPROACH TO BRIDGE FLOODED.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

RARITAN RIVER
  STANTON          8.0    7.41  MON 10 AM     8.7    MON 8 PM 

&&

220 
WGUS81 KPHI 011948
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
348 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
 
  SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON AFFECTING HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET 
  COUNTIES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC019-035-012018-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130703T0112Z/
/STTN4.1.ER.130701T1501Z.130701T1715Z.130701T1830Z.NO/
348 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT STANTON.
* AT 3:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 2:30 PM MONDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 6.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...RIGHT BANK AND APPROACH TO BRIDGE FLOODED.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

RARITAN RIVER
  STANTON          8.0    6.65  MON 3 PM      6.2    MON 8 PM 

&&

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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.