River Flood Warning 48, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Nov 27, 2013, 4:33 AM EST (09:33 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 27, 2013, 5:28 AM EST

Expired

Nov 27, 2013, 9:29 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Flood severity

Minor

County Delaware County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 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 Chester Creek near Chester (CHSP1). The gauge peaked at 8.14 ft at Nov 27, 2013, 6:00 AM EST.

Action stage

7 ft

Minor stage

8 ft

Moderate stage

10 ft

Major stage

14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01477000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

965 
WGUS41 KPHI 270933
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
433 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

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

  CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER AFFECTING DELAWARE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC045-271533-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0048.131127T1028Z-131128T0026Z/
/CHSP1.1.ER.131127T1028Z.131127T1500Z.131127T1826Z.NO/
433 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 9.6 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 FEET...FLOOD DAMAGE BEGINS IN THE CITY OF CHESTER.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

CHESTER CREEK
  CHESTER          8.0    7.20  WED 4 AM      9.6    WED 10 AM

&&

795 
WGUS81 KPHI 271429
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
929 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA...
 
  CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER AFFECTING DELAWARE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

PAC045-271459-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0048.000000T0000Z-131128T0026Z/
/CHSP1.1.ER.131127T1018Z.131127T1100Z.131127T1121Z.NO/
929 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CHESTER CREEK NEAR CHESTER.
* AT 9:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET AND FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6:20 AM WEDNESDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 3.4 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.5 FEET...FLOOD DAMAGE BEGINS IN THE CITY OF CHESTER.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

CHESTER CREEK
  CHESTER          8.0    6.53  WED 9 AM     5.8    WED 10 AM

&&

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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.