River Statement
Issued by NWS State College, PA

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Hydrological Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
104 PM EST Tue Jan 14 2025

...RIVER ICE STATEMENT...

...WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/11/2025 09:18:53   ID: 47
     LOCATION: W. BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER 2.5MILE UPSTREAM
     FROM N. BRANCH CONFLUENCE.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 5
     FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE AND 3 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE.  IN
     GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
     THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE ICE CONSISTS OF
     FRAZIL PANS.  REMARKS: NONE.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/09/2025 13:59:23   ID: 71
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT MILTON-WEST
     MILTON RIVER BRIDGE (SR 642).
     REPORT:   IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE
     CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE
     ICE CONSISTS OF FRAZIL PANS.  REMARKS: SOME FRAZZLE SLUSH
     ALSO. ALL ICE IS MOVING WITH THE CURRENT.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/13/2025 09:59:06   ID: 13
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IN LOCK
     HAVEN AT THE VETERANS BRIDGE.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 300
     FEET FROM THE SOUTH SHORE AND 25 FEET FROM THE NORTH SHORE.
     IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS
     OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE ICE CONSISTS OF
     PIECES OF SHEET ICE.

...MAIN STEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/09/2025 07:43:53   ID: 8
     LOCATION: 714 RIVER RD. DAUPHIN PA.
     REPORT:   IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 30 PERCENT OF THE
     CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE
     ICE CONSISTS OF FRAZIL SLUSH.  REMARKS: APPEARS TO BE MORE
     DENSE PIECES FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER, THICKER AND HIGHER.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/08/2025 14:44:37   ID: 76
     LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MARIETTA DOWN RIVER
     TO SAFE HARBOR DAM..
     REPORT:   RUNNING SLUSH ICE WAS OBSERVED ALONG THE EAST
     SIDE OF THE RIVER FROM COLUMBIA DOWN RIVER TO JUST ABOVE
     SAFE HARBOR DAM.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/12/2025 13:00:08   ID: 20
     LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR RTE. 30 BRIDGE.  REMARKS: OBSERVING FROM THE EAST
     SHORE THERE APPEARS TO BE A CHANNEL ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE BUT
     UNABLE TO DETERMINE ITS SIZE FROM MY POINT OF OBSERVATION.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/11/2025 07:25:47   ID: 23
     LOCATION: FORT HUNTER, HARRISBURG.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 29
     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 PANS.

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