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Hydrological Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
1226 PM EST Wed Jan 22 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.

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