River Flood Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Oct 11, 2013, 7:53 AM EDT (11:53 UTC)

Expired

Oct 11, 2013, 11:04 AM EDT

In force

3 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 11:56 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 Red Clay Creek at Wooddale (RCCD1). The gauge peaked at 7.14 ft at Oct 11, 2013, 9:00 AM EDT.

Action stage

5.5 ft

Minor stage

7 ft

Moderate stage

8.5 ft

Major stage

10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01480000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

911 
WGUS41 KPHI 111153
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
753 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2013

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

  RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE 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.

&&

DEC003-111753-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0044.131011T1153Z-131011T2215Z/
/RCCD1.1.ER.131011T1131Z.131011T1400Z.131011T1615Z.NO/
753 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  6:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR
  7.9 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS 
  AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...BARLEY MILL ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RED CLAY CREEK
  WOODDALE         7.0    5.95  FRI 7 AM     7.9    FRI 10 AM

&&

HEAVENER

676 
WGUS81 KPHI 111504
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1104 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN DELAWARE...
 
  RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE 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.

&&

DEC003-111534-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0044.000000T0000Z-131011T2215Z/
/RCCD1.1.ER.131011T1232Z.131011T1315Z.131011T1423Z.NO/
1104 AM EDT FRI OCT 11 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE RED CLAY CREEK AT WOODDALE.
* AT 10:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10:23 AM FRIDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.2 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.5 FEET...BARLEY MILL ROAD BEGINS TO FLOOD

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

RED CLAY CREEK
  WOODDALE         7.0    6.89  FRI 11 AM    CRESTED AND FALLING

&&

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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.