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HYDROLOGICAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA
1213 PM EST THU JAN 23 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: 01/22/2025 14:10:09 ID: 71
LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, MILTON - WEST
MILTON BRIDGE (SR 642).
REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
NEAR AS FAR AS I COULD SEE FROM THE BRIDGE. THE DOWNSTREAM
END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AS FAR AS I COULD SEE
FROM THE BRIDGE. THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS
1/22/2025.
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: 01/22/2025 18:09:50 ID: 20
LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE.
REPORT: IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT OF THE
CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS OPEN WATER, BUT IT IS CLEAR OF ANY
MOVING ICE. REMARKS: THERE ARE LARGE POOLS OF CLEAR WATER
ABOVE AND BELOW THE RTE 462 BRIDGE AS WELL AS BETWEEN IT AND
THE RTE. 30 BRIDGE UPRIVER. FROM OBSERVATION ON THE EAST
SHORE THERE APPEARS TO BE A CHANNEL ALONG THE WEST SHORE.
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: 01/23/2025 04:39:20 ID: 23
LOCATION: FORT HUMTER.
REPORT: THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/20/2025.
REMARKS: THERE IS A POCKET SOUTH OF THE 81 BRIDGE APPROX
200 FEET LONG DOWN STREAM.
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: 01/22/2025 13:15:40 ID: 43
LOCATION: NORTH BRANCH SUSQHEHANNA AT DANVILLE AND
SUNBURY.
REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 10
FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 10 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: BOTH LOCTIONS ARE DEVELOPING LARGE
FRAZIL PANS. AT THE ISLAND BRIDGES AT SUNBURY, THE EAST END HAS
FAZIL PANS MOVING THROUGH THE BRIDGS. THE WEST SIDE CURRENTLY
HAS FRAZIL PANS BACKING UP AT THE NORTH SIDE.
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