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Delaware River Flooding, March 8-9, 2008


The latest flood predictions for communities along the Delaware River in Bucks County Pennsylvania and Hunterdon County New Jersey.





Delaware River Flooding, March 8-9, 2008

  



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The latest statement from about an hour ago calls for flooding along the Delaware River in these local communities: Tocks Island, Belvidere, Easton, Phillipsburg and Riegelsville. In these communities the river is expected to crest two to three feet over flood stage on Sunday.



In Frenchtown New Jersey, the river is expected to crest just at flood stage on Sunday. In the communities south of Frenchtown: Stockton, Lambertville, New Hope, Washington's Crossing [Washington Crossing], Yardley and Trenton the river is expected to crest just at flood stage or just below flood stage. See details from the NWS statement below.


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FGUS81 KPHI 071654
RVSPHI
NJZ001-007-009-015-PAZ054>055-061>062-069-080033-
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY NJ
1133 AM EST FRI MAR 07 2008


...SPECIAL RIVER STATEMENT FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AND LEHIGH
RIVERS...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING NEAR THE GULF COAST IS EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF RAIN FOR THE REGION AS IT MOVES
NORTHEAST. THE FIRST PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN BETWEEN 3 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE
SECOND PERIOD HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO
INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE SAME AREA BETWEEN 7 AM AND 7 PM ON SATURDAY.
SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN ON SATURDAY COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. BY THE TIME ALL THE RAIN ENDS BY LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 2.0 TO 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED.

BOTH THE LEHIGH AND DELAWARE RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH AS A RESULT
OF HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THE GROUND ALSO REMAINS
NEARLY SATURATED IN SOME PLACES. AS A RESULT, THE HEAVY RAIN THAT
FALLS LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WILL CAUSE RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS
TO RISE QUICKLY, PERHAPS REACHING FLOOD LEVELS BY MID DAY
SATURDAY ON THE SMALLER STREAMS AND ON A LITTLE LATER ON THE LARGER
STREAMS AND RIVERS. BASED ON A FORECAST OF 2.0 TO 2.75 INCHES OF
RAIN THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, THE LEHIGH AND DELAWARE RIVERS
ARE EXPECTED TO CREST BETWEEN ONE AND TWO FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN
MANY LOCATIONS. THESE CRESTS WOULD MOST LIKELY OCCUR SATURDAY
AFTERNOON IN THE FASTER RESPONDING AREAS, TO LATE SUNDAY IN
TRENTON. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER NEAR TOCKS ISLAND, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 14.7
FEET AT 10 AM FRIDAY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 21 AND 23 FEET IS FORECAST
FOR SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT TOCKS ISLAND IS 21 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT BELVIDERE, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 13.4 FEET
AT 10 AM FRIDAY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 17.5 AND 19.5 FEET IS FORECAST
FOR SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT BELVIDERE IS 22 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT EASTON-PHILLIPSBURG BRIDGE, THE LATEST STAGE
WAS 16.4 FEET AT 10 AM FRIDAY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 22.5 AND 24.5 FEET
IS FORECAST FOR SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT EASTON-PHILLIPSBURG IS 22
FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT RIEGELSVILLE, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 16.9
FEET AT 10 AM FRIDAY. A FORECAST CREST OF BETWEEN 23 AND 25 FEET
IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT RIEGELSVILLE IS 22 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT FRENCHTOWN, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 11.1
FEET AT 7 AM FRIDAY. A CREST AROUND THE FLOOD STAGE OF 16 FEET IS
EXPECTED SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT FRENCHTOWN IS 16 FEET.

FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER AT TRENTON, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 16.5 FEET AT
10 AM FRIDAY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 20 AND 22 FEET IS EXPECTED LATE
SUNDAY. FLOOD STAGE AT TRENTON IS 20 FEET.

FOR THE LEHIGH RIVER AT WALNUTPORT, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 5.7 FEET
AT 9 AM FRIDAY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 8 AND 10 FEET IS EXPECTED
SATURDAY NIGHT. FLOOD STAGE AT WALNUTPORT IS 8 FEET.

FOR THE LEHIGH RIVER AT BETHLEHEM, THE LATEST STAGE WAS 6.1 FEET AT
9 AM FRIDAY. A CREST OF BETWEEN 11 AND 13 FEET IS EXPECTED AT
BETHLEHEM SATURDAY NIGHT. FLOOD STAGE AT BETHLEHEM IS 16 FEET.

THESE FORECASTS ASSUME A CONTINUATION OF PRESENT RESERVOIR RELEASES.

THESE FORECASTS ARE BASED ON EXPECTED RAIN OF BETWEEN 2.0 AND 2.75
INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY. IF LESS RAIN FALLS, CRESTS WILL BE LOWER.
IF MORE RAIN FALLS, CRESTS WILL BE HIGHER.

STAY TUNED TO DEVELOPMENTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR
LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION
OUTLET.

ONE WAY TO CHECK EXISTING AND FORECAST CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS
THROUGHOUT OUR REGION IS TO MONITOR THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC
PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND
MENU.

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Photo at top is from Frenchtown New Jersey. It portrays the Delaware River in the fall of 2007 on a much calmer day than March 7, 2008.
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