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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 16, 2014Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at May 16, 2014, 3:12 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 16, 2014, 5:55 PM EDT. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2014, 3:12 PM EDT (19:12 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2014, 5:55 PM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2014, 6:55 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity: Minor

County Chester County, PA

The river

Written for the forecast point East Branch Brandywine Creek below Downingtown (DWNP1). The gauge peaked at 7.11 ft at May 16, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT.

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.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

441 
WGUS41 KPHI 161912
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
312 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

...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.

&&

PAC029-170112-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0037.140516T2155Z-140517T0531Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.140516T2155Z.140516T2300Z.140516T2331Z.NO/
712 PM GMT FRI MAY 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:45 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.2 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE 
  TO AROUND 7.0 FEET BY THIS EVENING. 


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED          FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG   DAY TIME     CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    6.25  FRI 3 PM     7.0    FRI 7 PM 

&&

1 follow-up statement

636 
WGUS81 KPHI 162255
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
655 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

...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.

&&

PAC029-162325-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0037.000000T0000Z-140517T0531Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.140516T2025Z.140516T2100Z.140516T2140Z.NO/
655 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* AT  6:45 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET.
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  5:40 PM FRIDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.1 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    6.41  FRI 7 PM     6.3    FRI 7 PM 

&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 8:03 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	10 hr
May 16, 9:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more	7 hr
May 16, 12:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Delaware	6 hr
May 16, 2:51 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks, Monroe, Northampton	6 hr
May 16, 3:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware	2 hr
May 16, 3:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia	11 hr
May 16, 3:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe and 2 more	8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.