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Hydrological Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
1207 PM EST Wed Feb 5 2025

...RIVER ICE STATEMENT...

...WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/30/2025 18:20:22   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 30
     FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE AND 5 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE.  IN
     GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 80 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.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/05/2025 11:49:02   ID: 71
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, MILTON-WEST
     MILTON RIVER BRIDGE (SR 642) TO LEWISBURG-MONTANDON RIVER
     BRIDGE (SR 45).
     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 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 WHICH COVERED THE RIVER
     LAST WEEK HAS MOVED OUT FOR THE MOST PART. SEVERAL AREAS OF
     BORDER ICE JUTTING OUT APPROXIMATELY 25`-35` WERE OBSERVED,
     HOWEVER THAT ICE DOESN`T APPEAR TO BE THICK.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/03/2025 10:25:48   ID: 13
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN LOCK
     HAVEN AT THE VETERANS BRIDGE.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR TWO MILES TO ABOVE THE HANNA PARK AREA.  THE
     DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR 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: 02/04/2025 07:45:50   ID: 76
     LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM SAFE HARBOR DAM
     UPRIVER TO NEAR MARIETTA.
     REPORT:   SHEET ICE COVERS 90-100% OF THE RIVER FROM
     SAFE HARBOR DAM UPRIVER TO THE OLD COLUMBIA DAM SITE. FROM THE
     OLD COLUMBIA DAM SITE UPRIVER TO JUST ABOVE COLUMBIA, THE
     RIVER WAS 10-50% RUNNING SLUSH ICE.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/04/2025 19:03:52   ID: 20
     LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE.
     REPORT: THERE IS NO ICE IN THE WATER.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/04/2025 12:52:00   ID: 27
     LOCATION: HARRISBURG, PA.
     REPORT:   REMARKS: SITE 1  EAST SHORE - 5258-5398 RIVER
     RD, HARRISBURG, PA 95% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF SHEET
     ICE. ICE IS NOT MOVING. APPEARS TO HAVE THINNED SINCE
     01/31/2025 OBSERVATION.   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
     3-6.  SITE 3  EAST SHORE - 830 S FRONT ST, HARRISBURG, PA
     17104 80% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF AREAS OF SMALLER, BROKEN
     UP ICE SHEETS AND ICE COVER THAT APPEARS TO BE THINNING.
     THICKNESS OF BROKEN UP ICE RANGED FROM 3-6. ICE IS NOT MOVING.
     PATCHES OF ICE-FREE FLOW ALONG DAM SPILLWAY.   SITE 4  EAST
     SHORE - PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, STEELTON, PA 60% ICE COVERAGE.
     APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. OF OPEN CHANNEL ALONG EAST SHORE,
     POTENTIALLY WIDER DOWNSTREAM. OPEN CHANNEL AREA ALONG WEST SHORE
     APPEARS TO BE GREATER THAN 50 FT. IN WIDTH. ICE IS NOT
     MOVING.   SITE 5  WEST SHORE - 333 S FRONT ST, WORMLEYSBURG, PA
     95% ICE COVERAGE. SEVERAL SMALL, NARROW AREAS OF ICE FREE
     CHANNEL. ICE IS NOT MOVING. THINNING AND MELTING ALONG WEST
     SHORE, WITH SOME AREAS THAT APPEAR TO HAVE MELTED AND
     REFROZEN. SOME STANDING WATER ON ICE FROM MELTING.   SITE 6  WEST
     SHORE - 78-2 FRONT ST, EAST PENNSBORO, PA 95% ICE COVERAGE.
     SMALL SECTION OF FREE FLOWING CHANNEL NEAR WEST SHORE,
     APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. WIDE. ICE IS NOT MOVING. AREAS ALONG SHORE
     APPEAR TO HAVE MELTED AND REFROZEN. SOME STANDING WATER ON ICE
     FROM MELTING.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/03/2025 07:56:28   ID: 19
     LOCATION: ICE OBSERVATION OF SHERMANS CREEK, PERRY
     COUNTY, SPRING TOWNSHIP, AT INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 850 AND
     FALLING SPRINGS ROAD. 40.20.51N 77.13.12.W.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 80
     FEET FROM THE SOUTH SHORE AND 0 FEET FROM THE NORTH SHORE.
     IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
     THERE IS OPEN WATER, BUT IT IS CLEAR OF ANY MOVING ICE.

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