River Flood Warning 41, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Aug 13, 2013, 8:37 AM EDT (12:37 UTC)

Expired

Aug 13, 2013, 12:31 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County New Castle County, DE

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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 White Clay Creek near Newark (DPKD1). The gauge peaked at 14.65 ft at Aug 13, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

11 ft

Minor stage

13 ft

Moderate stage

15 ft

Major stage

16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01479000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

310 
WGUS41 KPHI 131237
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
837 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

DEC003-131837-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0041.130813T1237Z-130814T0119Z/
/DPKD1.1.ER.130813T1212Z.130813T1500Z.130813T1919Z.NO/
837 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:15 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET AND RISING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.0 FEET BY LATE THIS 
  MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 13.5 FEET...BUSINESSES IN THE AREA BEGIN TO FLOOD.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WHITE CLAY CREEK
  NEWARK           13.0   13.34  TUE 8 AM    15.0    TUE 11 AM

&&

954 
WGUS81 KPHI 131631
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1231 PM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN DELAWARE...
 
  WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK AFFECTING NEW CASTLE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

DEC003-131701-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0041.000000T0000Z-130814T0119Z/
/DPKD1.1.ER.130813T1212Z.130813T1315Z.130813T1455Z.NO/
1231 PM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WHITE CLAY CREEK NEAR NEWARK.
* AT 12:15 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10:55 AM TUESDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 6.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 13.3 FEET...DELAWARE ROUTE 7 BEGINS TO FLOOD.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WHITE CLAY CREEK
  NEWARK           13.0   11.55  TUE 12 PM   11.3    TUE 1 PM 

&&

River Flood Warnings in Delaware, 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.