River Flood Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Nov 27, 2013, 6:08 AM EST (11:08 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 27, 2013, 8:10 AM EST

Expired

Nov 27, 2013, 9:56 AM EST

In force

106 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 11:11 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 6.30 ft at Nov 27, 2013, 7:00 AM EST.

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.

442 
WGUS41 KPHI 271108
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
608 AM EST WED NOV 27 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.

&&

PAC029-271708-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0050.131127T1310Z-131128T0146Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.131127T1310Z.131127T1700Z.131127T1946Z.NO/
608 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 5:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO
  NEAR 7.4 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. 


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME      CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    6.32  WED 6 AM      7.4  WED 12 PM

&&

608 
WGUS81 KPHI 271456
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
956 AM EST WED NOV 27 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.

&&

PAC029-271526-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0050.000000T0000Z-131128T0146Z/
/DWNP1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
956 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* AT  9:45 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET AND FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6.8 FEET.  THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL TO 2.4 FEET BY EARLY THURSDAY.


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    5.81  WED 10 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.