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Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in Pennsylvania, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

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Minor flooding

Delaware River at USCG Station Washington Street (IN MLLW), PA

Gauge
Tide gauge (coastal water level) · PHBP1 · NWS PHI
Observed
Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
Forecast
Forecast issued · crest 8.4 ft at · below flood stage (8.2 ft) by : minor flooding
Stages
Flood (minor) 8.2 ft · Moderate 9.2 ft · Major 10.2 ft
Forecasts
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Forecast hydrograph

Forecast stage at USCG Station Washington Street (IN MLLW), in ftNWS forecast for USCG Station Washington Street (IN MLLW), issued 18 Oct 06:56Z: a crest of 8.4 ft at 21 Oct 02:00Z. Flood stage is 8.2 ft; the forecast falls below it by 21 Oct 03:00Z. No recent observation at action stage or above is held.024681018 Oct 12Z19 Oct 00Z19 Oct 12Z20 Oct 00Z20 Oct 12Z21 Oct 00ZFlood (minor) 8.2 ftModerate 9.2 ftNowUTCft
NWS forecast, issued : the line is the forecast stage, each dot one of NWS’s points; the ringed dot is the latest observation, when one at action stage or above is held. Earlier observations are not held here, so no observed line is drawn. Higher stages not drawn: major 10.2 ft. Minor flooding at its worst, observed or forecast. Data: NOAA/NWPS.
The forecast points as a table
NWS forecast stage at USCG Station Washington Street (IN MLLW)
TimeStage
0.7 ft
1.5 ft
3 ft
4.6 ft
5.5 ft
6.2 ft
6.4 ft
5.9 ft
5 ft
3.9 ft
3 ft
2.3 ft
2.1 ft
2.6 ft
4 ft
5.7 ft
6.7 ft
7.3 ft
7.6 ft
7.3 ft
6.4 ft
5.3 ft
4.3 ft
3.4 ft
2.7 ft
2.4 ft
2.8 ft
4.1 ft
5.2 ft
6 ft
6.6 ft
6.8 ft
6.3 ft
5.2 ft
4.1 ft
3.1 ft
2.6 ft
2.4 ft
2.9 ft
4.4 ft
5.9 ft
6.9 ft
7.5 ft
7.9 ft
7.6 ft
6.6 ft
5.5 ft
4.5 ft
3.7 ft
3 ft
2.7 ft
3.4 ft
4.8 ft
5.8 ft
6.6 ft
7.3 ft
7.4 ft
6.9 ft
5.8 ft
4.6 ft
3.6 ft
3 ft
2.9 ft
3.5 ft
5 ft
6.5 ft
7.4 ft
8.2 ft
8.4 ft
8 ft
7 ft
5.9 ft

What NWS lists at this gauge

  • 8.4 ft: (MLLW) Flooding begins at the east end of Linden Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. Flooding begins at the former Navy Shipyard in Philadelphia from both the Delaware River and the Schuylkill River. Flooding begins along Admiral Wilson Boulevard (US Route 30) and Baird Avenue in Camden NJ as the Cooper River overflows.
  • 8.2 ft: (MLLW) MINOR FLOODING.

NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods. Read .

NWPS’s page for PHBP1 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in Pennsylvania

Rain and rivers in Pennsylvania

  • Expected rain: below WPC’s lowest contour (0.01 in) in Pennsylvania, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: 0.1 to 0.25 in at its highest in Pennsylvania, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: 1 gauge in flood in Pennsylvania, by NWS’s lists read . Minor flooding Delaware River at USCG Station Washington Street (IN MLLW), PA. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 8.4 ft at · below flood stage (8.2 ft) by : minor flooding. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in Pennsylvania

One gauge in flood in Pennsylvania, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.

Minor flooding 1

  1. Forecast: minor flooding Delaware River at USCG Station Washington Street (IN MLLW), PANot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 8.4 ft at · below flood stage (8.2 ft) by : minor flooding

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

Pennsylvania flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.