River Flood Warning 40, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Jun 13, 2014, 6:17 AM EDT (10:17 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 13, 2014, 7:14 AM EDT

Expired

Jun 13, 2014, 10:11 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

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 10:21 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 7.45 ft at Jun 13, 2014, 8:00 AM 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.

275 
WGUS41 KPHI 131017
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
617 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 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.

&&

PAC029-131617-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0040.140613T1114Z-140613T2144Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.140613T1114Z.140613T1400Z.140613T1544Z.NO/
617 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  5:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.1 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
  7.6 FEET BY LATE THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE 
  THIS MORNING.


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    6.14  FRI 6 AM     7.6    FRI 10 AM

&&

818 
WGUS81 KPHI 131348
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
948 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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.

&&

PAC029-132033-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-140613T2033Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.140613T1024Z.140613T1145Z.140613T1433Z.NO/
948 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* AT  8:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED ABOUT ONE HALF FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT 745 AM. 
  IT WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS MORNING.  


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    7.29  FRI 9 AM     7.1    FRI 10 AM

&&

630 
WGUS81 KPHI 131411
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
1011 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 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.

&&

PAC029-131441-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0040.000000T0000Z-140613T2033Z/
/DWNP1.1.ER.140613T1024Z.140613T1145Z.140613T1318Z.NO/
1011 AM EDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE EAST BRANCH BRANDYWINE CREEK BELOW DOWNINGTOWN.
* AT  9:45 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.7 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  9:18 AM FRIDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 4.7 FEET BY TOMORROW MORNING.
  THE RIVER CRESTED ABOUT HALF A FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT 745 AM. 


$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

BRANDYWINE CREEK
  DOWNINGTOWN      7.0    6.66  FRI 10 AM    6.2    FRI 11 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.