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Hydrological Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
350 PM EST Thu Jan 30 2025

...RIVER ICE STATEMENT...

...WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/24/2025 12:42:02   ID: 47
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER 2.5 MILE
     UPSTREAM FROM CONFLUENCE WITH NORTH BRANCH.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR LEWISBUR AT RIVER BRIDGE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE
     COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR SUNBURY.  THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE
     COVER WAS 1/21/2025.  REMARKS: SOME LARGE AREAS OF  SMOOTH
     SURFACE SOLIDLY FROZEN SURFACE. THE REST IS LOCKED UP
     IRREGULAR PANS.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/24/2025 20:52:55   ID: 71
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, MILTON-WEST
     MILTON RIVER BRIDGE (SR 642).
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR AS FAR AS VISIBLE FROM THE BRIDGE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END
     OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AS FAR AS VISIBLE FROM
     THE BRIDGE.  THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/22/2025.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/27/2025 14:15:26   ID: 13
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN THE
     LOCK HAVEN AREA.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR 5 MILES TO FARRANSVILLE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE
     COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR 0.5 MILES TO TIDLOW DAM.  THE DATE
     OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/27/2025.  REMARKS: FOR A HALF A
     MILE NEAR THE QUEENS RUN TRIBUTARY THERE IS SOME OPEN WATER.
     SHORE ICE ON EACH NORTH AND SOUTH SHORE REACHING OUT FOR
     100`. SOLID ICE COVER ABOVE AND BELOW THIS AREA.

...MAIN STEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/27/2025 17:17:14   ID: 8
     LOCATION: RIVER RD. DAUPHIN, PA.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE
     COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AS FAR AS EYE CAN SEE.  THE DATE OF
     COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/29/2025.  REMARKS: BORDER ICE ON
     EAST SHORE NEAR THIS ADDRESS IS DIFFERENT:  CLEARER,  SLOWLY
     MELTING & NOT SNOW COVERED FOR 10-20 FEET FROM EDGE. THESE
     TRAILS OF CLEAR BORDER ICE APPEAR TO BE A RESULT OF WATER
     MOVING IN FROM CLARKS CREEK INTO THE RIVER CHANNEL.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/28/2025 15:17:18   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 CONESTOGA CREEK.  THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS
     1/28/2025.  REMARKS: THERE IS SOLID ICE COVER FROM SAFE
     HARBOR DAM UPRIVER TO TURKEY HILL. FROM TURKEY HILL UPRIVER TO
     JUST BELOW COLUMBIA, THE RIVER IS PRIMARY COVERED WITH SHEET
     ICE, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A PATCH OF OPEN WATER ALONG THE EAST
     SHORE JUST NORTH OF TURKEY HILL, AND ALONG THE WEST SHORE
     IN THE VICINITY OF LEIBHARTS CORNER. FROM JUST BELOW COLUMBIA
     UPRIVER TO CHICKIES CREEK, THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER IS
     10-50% ICE COVERED AND THE WEST SIDE IS MAINLY OPEN WATER.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/29/2025 11:47:57   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 APPEARS TO BE OPEN WATER ABOVE
     AND BELOW THE RTE 30 BRIDGE WITH A LARGE CHANNEL ALONG THE
     WESTERN SHORE.  THERE ARE NUMEROUS POOLS OF WATER IN THE
     EXISTING ICE COVER.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/28/2025 07:46:11   ID: 29
     LOCATION: MARIETTA BOAT CLUB, MARIETTA,PA.
     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
     FRAZIL SLUSH.  REMARKS: THE ICE SHEET BROKE UP & THERE IS JUST A
     LITTLE SLUSH IN MID STREAM, BUT IT IS MOVING SLOWLY.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/27/2025 17:03:53   ID: 23
     LOCATION: FORT HUNTER, HARRISBURG.
     REPORT:

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/27/2025 15:32:20   ID: 32
     LOCATION: WEST FAIRVIEW BOAT LAUNCH.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR AS FAR AS CAN BE SEEN.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE
     COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AS FAR AS CAN BE SEEN.  THE DATE OF
     COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/21/2025.  REMARKS: RIVER 100% FROZEN
     CONSISTING  OF CHUNKS OF ICE.  SOME FLOWING WATER ENTERING
     FROM THE CONODOGUINET CREEK.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/26/2025 07:08:11   ID: 43
     LOCATION: NORTH BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA AT DANVILLE.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 10
     FEET FROM THE NORTH SHORE AND 20 FEET FROM THE SOUTH 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: LARGE FRAZIL PANS ARE PRESENT.

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