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Hydrological Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
120 PM EST Tue Feb 4 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: 02/02/2025 09:17:56   ID: 71
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, MILTON-WEST
     MILTON RIVER BRIDGE (SR 642).
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 50
     FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 50 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
     PIECES OF SHEET ICE.  REMARKS: THE FULL ICE COVER REPORTED
     EARLIER THIS WEEK HAS ERODED SIGNIFICANTLY, ESPECIALLY UPSTREAM
     OF THE BRIDGE, PROBABLY PARTIALLY DUE TO RUNOFF FROM
     FRIDAY`S RAINFALL.

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: 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: 02/02/2025 13:20:10   ID: 20
     LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE.
     REPORT:   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: MOVING SLUSH ICE.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/30/2025 13:17:04   ID: 27
     LOCATION: HARRISBURG, PA .
     REPORT:   REMARKS: 01/30/2025  SITE 1, EAST SHORE -
     5258-5398 RIVER RD, HARRISBURG, PA 100% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED
     OF SHEET ICE, POTENTIALLY THINNER THAN DOWNSTREAM
     LOCATIONS. ICE IS NOT MOVING. DOWNSTREAM OF ROCKVILLE BRIDGE,
     APPROXIMATELY 50% ICE-FREE OPEN CHANNEL AREA.  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 95% ICE COVERAGE. CONSISTED OF
     SMALLER, BROKEN UP ICE SHEETS. THICKNESS RANGED FROM 3-6. ICE
     IS NOT MOVING. SMALL PATCHES OF ICE-FREE FLOW ALONG DAM
     SPILLWAY.   SITE 4, EAST SHORE - PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, STEELTON,
     PA 100% ICE COVERAGE. THINNING AND MELTING ALONG EAST
     SHORE, WITH SOME AREAS THAT APPEAR TO HAVE MELTED AND REFROZEN.
     ICE IS NOT MOVING. AREAS OF UPTURNED, BROKEN UP ICE NEAR
     MIDDLE OF CHANNEL. THICKNESS RANGED FROM 3-6.  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.   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. GREATER SIGNIFICANCE OF
     AREAS OF UPTURNED, BROKEN UP ICE THAN THOSE OBSERVED AT OTHER
     SITES. THICKNESS RANGED FROM 3-6.

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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