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HYDROLOGICAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1250 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2026
..RIVER ICE STATEMENT
..WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/16/2026 13:21:22 ID: 47
LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER TWO MILE
UPSTREAM FROM THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE NORTH BRANCH.
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR WINFIELD. THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE
COVER IS NEAR US RTE 11 BRIDGE. THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER
WAS 11/30/2025. REMARKS: FULL ICE COVER IS INTACT WITH
FISSURES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS. THERE ARE SMALL AREAS OF SURFACE
MELT WITH NO OPEN WATER.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/21/2026 10:41:18 ID: 71
LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT MILTON-WEST
MILTON RIVER BRIDGE (SR 642).
REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 5
FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 5 FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE. IN
GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER. THE ICE CONSISTS OF
PIECES OF SHEET ICE. REMARKS: THE SOLID ICE COVER BROKE UP
OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE WARMER TEMPERATURES AND RUNOFF FROM THE
SNOWMELT. ICE IS MOVING FREELY WITH THE CURRENT.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/20/2026 11:32:16 ID: 13
LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT
VETERANS BRIDGE IN LOCK HAVEN.
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR AT LEAST ONE MILE INTO THE HANNA PARK AREA. THE
DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR HALF A MILE TO
THE TIDLOW DAM.
..MAIN STEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/18/2026 11:12:21 ID: 8
LOCATION: RIVER ROAD DAUPHIN PA.
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR UPSTREAM AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE. THE DOWNSTREAM END OF
THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR ALSO SAME. THE DATE OF
COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 2/18/2026. REMARKS: TO THE SOUTH, NEXT
TO BERRIER ISLAND THERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL OPENING OF OPEN
WATER.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/16/2026 14:44:40 ID: 76
LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM MARIETTA
DOWNRIVER TO SAFE HARBOR DAM.
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR MILEPOST 42-2 AND LEIBHART'S CORNER. THE DOWNSTREAM
END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR SAFE HARBOR DAM. THE
DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 2/16/2026. REMARKS: 20
PERCENT COVERAGE FROM LEIBHART'S CORNER TO COLUMBIA.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/21/2026 10:46:57 ID: 20
LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE 462 BRIDGE.
REPORT: IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE
CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER. THE
ICE CONSISTS OF PIECES OF SHEET ICE. REMARKS: THE ICE
MOVEMENT APPEARS TO BE ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE. NONE OBSERVED ON
EASTERN SHORE.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/20/2026 18:30:10 ID: 3
LOCATION: SUSQUEHANA RIVER AT ACCOMAC, YORK COUNTY, PA
.
REPORT: DENSE FOG PERMITS A SIGHT DISTANCE OF ABOUT
100 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE WEST SHORE AT THE WILDCAT LANE
PARKING AREA. ICE IS MOVING AND CONSISTS OF MOSTLY FLAT,
BROKEN PIECES OF SHEET ICE FROM 1 TO 5 FEET IN LENGTH.
OCCASIONALLY, PIECES 5 X 10 FEET IN AREA PASS BY. MOST PIECES ARE
SEPARATED BY SPACES ROUGHLY 2 TO 5 FEET WIDE. (CONSIDERABLY
MORE PIECES MOVING AND THEY ARE CLOSER TOGETHER THAN PREVIOUS
DAYS' OBSERVATIONS.) IN ADDITION, THE ICE IS NOW MIXED WITH
AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF LOGS, BRANCHES AND OTHER DEBRIS GATHERED
FROM FLOODED UPSTREAM SHORES.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/19/2026 14:45:47 ID: 27
LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER NEAR HARRISBURG.
REPORT: REMARKS: EAST SHORE - 5258-5398 RIVER RD
(FORT HUNTER), HARRISBURG, PA APPROXIMATELY 40% OF CHANNEL IS
OPEN WATER, FREE OF ICE. REMAINING PORTION OF CHANNEL IS SHEET
ICE WITH SOME RESIDUAL SNOW. APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OF
BORDER ICE ALONG EAST SHORE. ICE IS NOT MOVING. EAST SHORE
-2101 N FRONT ST (THE NATURE CONSERVANCY), HARRISBURG, PA
NEARLY 100% OF CHANNEL IS SHEET ICE WITH SOME RESIDUAL SNOW. ICE
IS NOT MOVING. EAST SHORE - PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
(STEELTON BOAT LAUNCH), HIGHSPIRE, PA APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET OF OPEN
CHANNEL ALONG EAST SHORE. REMAINDER OF CHANNEL IS SHEET ICE
WITH SOME RESIDUAL SNOW. ICE IS NOT MOVING. EAST SHORE -
830 S FRONT ST (DOCK STREET DAM), HARRISBURG, PA (VIA
STAGECAM) APPROXIMATELY 90% SHEET ICE COVER WITH SOME RESIDUAL
SNOW. ICE NOT MOVING. POCKETS OF OPEN FLOW ALONG DAM. WEST
SHORE - 333 S FRONT ST (DOCKSIDE WILLIES), WORMLEYSBURG, PA
APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OF OPEN CHANNEL ALONG WEST SHORE.
REMAINDER OF CHANNEL IS SHEET ICE WITH SOME RESIDUAL SNOW. A FEW
SMALL AREAS OF STANDING WATER ATOP ICE. ICE IS NOT MOVING.
DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/20/2026 08:40:21 ID: 1
LOCATION: SUNBURY BELOW DAM.
REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 30
FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE AND 15 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE. IN
GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
THERE IS OPEN WATER, BUT IT IS CLEAR OF ANY MOVING ICE.
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