


River Statement
Issued by NWS State College, PA
Issued by NWS State College, PA
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742 FGUS81 KCTP 281710 RVSCTP PAZ004-005-010>012-017>019-024>028-033-034-037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063-065-066-011715- Hydrological Statement National Weather Service State College PA 1210 PM EST Fri Feb 28 2025 ...RIVER ICE STATEMENT... ...WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES... DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/22/2025 16:08:49 ID: 47 LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER 2.5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE NORTH BRANCH. REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 5 FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE AND 5 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE. IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER. THE ICE CONSISTS OF FRAZIL SLUSH. DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/24/2025 16:38:10 ID: 13 LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN LOCK HAVEN AT THE VERERANS BRIDGE AREA. REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR 2.5 MILES TO THE HANNA PARK AREA. NOT VERIFIED BUT REPORTS OF SOLID ICE 25 MILE UPSTREAM TO RENOVO AREA. THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR 0.5 TO TIDLOW DAM. ...MAIN STEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES... DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/24/2025 16:06:12 ID: 8 LOCATION: RIVER ROAD DAUPHIN PA. REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 5 FT. FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE. IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER. THE ICE CONSISTS OF FRAZIL SLUSH. REMARKS: THE OPEN AREA OF WATER APPEARS TO FLOW TO ABOUT MID RIVER ROAD, FLOWING WESTWARD. AT ONE POINT YOU ARE ABLE TO VIEW AN ICE AREA AT ONE POINT THAT APPEARS TO EXTEND FROM EAST TO WEST SHORE. DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/26/2025 08:17:42 ID: 76 LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM MARIETTA DOWNRIVER TO SAFE HARBOR DAM. REPORT: ALERT LEVEL 1 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LAKE CLARKE. NO ADDITIONAL ICE BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED UNLESS NEW ICE FORMS. DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/23/2025 12:33:00 ID: 20 LOCATION: COLUMBIA RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE. REPORT: THERE IS NO ICE IN THE WATER. REMARKS: THERE WAS NO ICE OBSERVED FROM ABOVE THE RTE. 30 BRIDGE TO THE AREA OF LONG LEVEL, YORK COUNTY SIDE. DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/25/2025 12:30:23 ID: 27 LOCATION: HARRISBURG, PA. REPORT: IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS OPEN WATER, BUT IT IS CLEAR OF ANY MOVING ICE. REMARKS: SITE 1 EAST SHORE - 5258-5398 RIVER RD, HARRISBURG, PA 90% ICE COVER. ICE NOT MOVING. SIGNIFICANT BACKUP OF LARGE SHEETS/CHUNKS OF ICE RANGING FROM 9-12 INCHES THICK, PROTRUDING UP ONTO SHORE. SMALL PORTION OF CHANNEL OPEN ON THE WEST SHORE. SITE 2 EAST SHORE -1829 N FRONT ST, HARRISBURG, PA 17102 90% ICE COVER. ICE NOT MOVING. MOSTLY SMOOTH SHEET ICE WITH AREAS OF PUSHUP, EVIDENCE OF FLOW OVER ICE NOW FROZEN. SMALL PORTION OF CHANNEL OPEN ON THE WEST SHORE. SITE 3 EAST SHORE - 830 S FRONT ST, HARRISBURG, PA 17104 10% ICE COVER. ICE NOT MOVING. BORDER ICE RANGING FROM APPROX. 50-75 FT. ON EAST SHORE. LARGE PILE OF ICE CHUNKS IMMEDIATELY UPSTREAM OF DAM SPILLWAY, APPROX. 6 FT. HIGH WITH ICE THICKNESS RANGING FROM 6-12 INCHES. SITE 4 EAST SHORE - PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, STEELTON, PA NO OBSERVATION SITE 5 WEST SHORE - 333 S FRONT ST, WORMLEYSBURG, PA 75% ICE COVER. ICE NOT MOVING. OPEN CHANNEL ALONG WEST SHORE. ICE APPEARS TO BE THIN AND MELTING. SITE 5A MCCOLLUM PARK WATER STREET, NEW CUMBERLAND, NEAR CAPITAL CITY AIRPORT 50% ICE COVER. ICE NOT MOVING. APPROX. 50 FT. WIDE OPEN CHANNEL ALONG WEST SHORE. MUCH LARGER PORTION OF CHANNEL OPEN ALONG ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER. PORTIONS OF ICE APPEAR TO BE THIN AND MELTING. SITE 6 WEST SHORE - 78-2 FRONT ST, EAST PENNSBORO, PA NEAR 100% ICE COVER. ICE NOT MOVING. NO ICE ON CONODOGUINET CREEK, OPEN CHANNEL. APPROX. 50 FT. OF OPEN CHANNEL EXTENDING DOWNSTREAM. NO OBSERVABLE OPEN CHANNEL UPSTREAM. COMPACTION OF ICE CHUNKS AND MOUNDING RANGING IN THICKNESS. DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/21/2025 12:55:11 ID: 23 LOCATION: FORT HUNTER. REPORT: ICE IS JAMMED AT ROCKVILLE BRIDGE. WATER HAS RECEDED AT FORT HUNTER APPROX 6 INCHES IN LAST 2 HOURS. DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/25/2025 13:20:16 ID: 32 LOCATION: WEST FAIRVIEW BOAT LAUNCH. REPORT: THERE ARE CHUNKS OF ICE PILED UP BUT NOT MOVING. SOME WATER IS MOVING CLOSE TO THE WEST SHORE. THERE IS A SMALL CHANNEL OF MOVING WATER ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM THE WEST SHORE. THERE IS OPEN WATER SOUTH OF WHERE THE CONODOGUINET ENTERS THE SUSQUEHANNA. THE OPEN WATER IS ABOUT 50 YARDS WIDE. DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/27/2025 08:49:45 ID: 1 LOCATION: SUNBURY BELOW DAM. REPORT: THERE IS NO ICE IN THE WATER. $$