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HYDROLOGICAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
526 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2025
..RIVER ICE STATEMENT
..WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/21/2025 14:56:41 ID: 47
LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER 2.5 MILE
UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH NORTH BRANCH.
REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 25
FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE AND 20 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE. IN
GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
THERE IS OPEN WATER, BUT IT IS CLEAR OF ANY MOVING ICE. THE
ICE CONSISTS OF PIECES OF SHEET ICE. REMARKS: ICE COVER IS
STATIONARY.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/15/2025 15:09:00 ID: 71
LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM
MILTON-WEST MILTON RIVER BRIDGE (SR 642) SOUTH TO LEWISBURG-MONTANDON
RIVER BRIDGE (SR 45).
REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 3
FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 3 FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE. IN
GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER. THE ICE CONSISTS OF
FRAZIL PANS. REMARKS: FRAZIL PANS AND FRAZIL SLUSH MOVING WITH
THE CURRENT.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/21/2025 09:49:47 ID: 13
LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN LOCK
HAVEN AT THE VETERANS BRIDGE.
REPORT: THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER
IS NEAR EAST TO THE TIDLOW DAM IN LOCK HAVEN. THE DATE OF
COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/21/2025.
..MAIN STEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/21/2025 09:23:06 ID: 8
LOCATION: RIVER ROAD DAUPHIN.
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR AS FAR AS EYE CAN VIEW. THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE
COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AS FAR AS EYE CAN VIEW. THE DATE OF
COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/21/2025. REMARKS: SNOW COVERED
ICE WITH NO CURRENT PRESENTLY VISIBLE. COLD WEATHER
CONDITIONS WITH -5 AT 5 A.M. DONE BORDER ICE.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/21/2025 16:52:01 ID: 76
LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM MARIETTA
DOWNRIVER TO SAFE HARBOR DAM.
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR LOCK 2. THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER
IS NEAR FRY'S RUN. THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS
1/21/2025. REMARKS: SHEET ICE FROM JUST UPSTREAM OF THE CHICKIES
GAGE TO SAFE HARBOR HYDRO STATION. ICE COVERAGE RANGES FROM
50% NEAR CHICKIES GAGE TO 90% NEAR COLUMBIA TO 100% BETWEEN
LOCK 2 AND FRY'S RUN. ALERT LEVEL 2 ISSUED FOR LAKE CLARKE,
SIGNIFICANT ICE BUILD-UP BASED ON DEGREE DAY CALCULATIONS
AND OBSERVATIONS.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/17/2025 11:43:43 ID: 20
LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE.
REPORT: REMARKS: 90-95% SNOW COVERED ICE WITH A
CHANNEL ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE ABOVE AND JUST BELOW THE RTE. 30
BRIDGE IT APPEARS THERE IS OPEN WATER.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/19/2025 15:35:01 ID: 29
LOCATION: MARIETTA BOAT CLUB, MARIETTA ,PA.
REPORT: THERE IS NO ICE IN THE WATER. REMARKS: VERY
FEW PIECES OF SLUSH FLOATING DOWNSTREAM.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/21/2025 15:06:21 ID: 27
LOCATION: HARRISBURG AREA.
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR FORT HUNTER. THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE
COVER IS NEAR TURNPIKE BRIDGE. THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE
COVER WAS 1/21/2025. REMARKS: SITE 1, EAST SHORE, 5258-5398
RIVER RD, HARRISBURG, PA 90% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF SHEET
ICE, POTENTIALLY THINNER THAN DOWNSTREAM LOCATIONS. SMALL
ICE-FREE CHANNEL NEAR WEST SHORE. SITE 2, EAST SHORE,1829 N
FRONT ST, HARRISBURG, PA 17102 100% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED
OF SMALLER, BROKEN UP ICE SHEETS. ICE IS NOT MOVING.
THICKNESS RANGED FROM 6-8 INCHES. SITE 3, EAST SHORE, 830 S FRONT
ST, HARRISBURG, PA 17104 100% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF
SMALLER, BROKEN UP ICE SHEETS. ICE IS NOT MOVING. THICKNESS
RANGED FROM 6-8 INCHES. SITE 4, EAST SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA
TURNPIKE, STEELTON, PA 95% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF SMALLER,
BROKEN UP ICE SHEETS. ICE IS NOT MOVING. THICKNESS RANGED FROM
6-8 INCHES. NARROW, ICE FREE CHANNEL DIRECTLY DOWNSTREAM OF
TURNPIKE BRIDGE NEAR WEST SHORE. SITE 5, WEST SHORE, 333 S
FRONT ST, WORMLEYSBURG, PA 100% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF
SMALLER, BROKEN UP ICE SHEETS. ICE IS NOT MOVING. THICKNESS
RANGED FROM 6-8 INCHES. SITE 6, WEST SHORE, 78-2 FRONT ST,
EAST PENNSBORO, PA 100% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF SMALLER,
BROKEN UP ICE SHEETS. ICE IS NOT MOVING. THICKNESS RANGED
FROM 6-8 INCHES.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/18/2025 16:02:58 ID: 32
LOCATION: WEST FAIRVIEW BOAT RAMP.
REPORT: THE RIVER IS FULL OF CHUNKS OF ICE. THERE ARE
NO OPEN CHANNELS.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/15/2025 08:35:31 ID: 1
LOCATION: SUNBURY BELOW DAM.
REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 15
FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 15 FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE. IN
GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER. THE ICE CONSISTS OF
FRAZIL PANS.
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