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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 10, 2014New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Jun 10, 2014, 4:46 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2014, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2014, 11:24 PM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity: Minor

County New Castle County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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.

The river

Written for the forecast point Christina River at Coochs Bridge (CHBD1). The gauge peaked at 9.20 ft at Jun 10, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01478000, 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.

370 
WGUS41 KPHI 102046
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
446 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

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

  CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE 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.

&&

DEC003-110246-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0039.140610T2049Z-140611T0324Z/
/CHBD1.1.ER.140610T2049Z.140610T2100Z.140610T2124Z.NO/
446 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CHRISTINA RIVER AT COOCHS BRIDGE.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 4:31 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.4 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 
  11.1 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD 
  STAGE BY THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING BEGINS IN THE TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG     STG   DAY TIME     CREST

CHRISTINA RIVER
  COOCHS BRIDGE    10.5    9.42  TUE 5 PM     11.1    TUE 5 PM 

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 1:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle	4 hr
Jun 10, 1:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Kent, New Castle	4 hr
Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	New Castle	3 hr
Jun 10, 3:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	New Castle	112 min
Jun 10, 4:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Delaware, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.