River Flood Warning 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Jul 1, 2013, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)

In effect from

Jul 1, 2013, 7:23 PM EDT

Expired

Jul 1, 2013, 9:09 PM EDT

In force

106 min

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County Somerset County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Written for the forecast point North Branch Raritan River near Raritan (RRTN4). The gauge peaked at 9.81 ft at Jul 1, 2013, 7:00 PM EDT.

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

10 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01400000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

120 
WGUS41 KPHI 012139
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
538 PM 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... 

  NORTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT RARITAN AFFECTING SOMERSET COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC035-020700-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0035.130701T2323Z-130702T0700Z/
/RRTN4.1.ER.130701T2323Z.130702T0000Z.130702T0100Z.NO/
538 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE NORTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT RARITAN.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO 
  10.2 FEET LATER THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE 
  OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING ALONG OLD YORK ROAD AND IN NORTH BRANCH 
  VILLAGE

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RARITAN RIVER
  RARITAN          10.0    9.30  MON 5 PM    10.2    MON 8 PM 

&&

980 
WGUS81 KPHI 020109
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
909 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
 
  NORTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT RARITAN AFFECTING SOMERSET COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

NJC035-020139-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0035.000000T0000Z-130702T0700Z/
/RRTN4.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
909 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE NORTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT RARITAN.
* AT  8:46 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 9.8 FEET.  
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING ALONG OLD YORK ROAD AND IN NORTH BRANCH 
  VILLAGE

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG    DAY TIME     CREST

RARITAN RIVER
  RARITAN          10.0    9.40  MON 9 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.