River Flood Warning 33, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Jul 1, 2013, 11:57 AM EDT (15:57 UTC)

In effect from

Jul 1, 2013, 12:57 PM EDT

Expired

Jul 1, 2013, 2:02 PM EDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County Chester County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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 East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown (DWNP1). The gauge peaked at 7.27 ft at Jul 1, 2013, 12:00 PM 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.

307 
WGUS41 KPHI 011557
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1157 AM EDT MON JUL 1 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.

&&

PAC029-012157-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0033.130701T1657Z-130702T0707Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.130701T1657Z.130701T2200Z.130702T0107Z.NO/
1157 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 11:45 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  NEAR 7.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  TONIGHT.


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    6.69  MON 12 PM     7.5    MON 6 PM 

&&

078 
WGUS81 KPHI 011802
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
202 PM EDT MON JUL 1 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.

&&

PAC029-011832-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130702T0707Z/
/DWNP1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
202 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* AT 1:45 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6.7 FEET. THE RIVER WILL 
  CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.1 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    5.94  MON 2 PM      5.3    MON 3 PM 

&&

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.