Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 108, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Nov 8, 1996, 4:47 PM EST for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 1996, 4:47 PM EST (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 8, 1996, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPHL 082148 FFWPHL PAC025-090200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ 447 PM EST FRI NOV 8 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN PENNSYLVANIA ...CARBON COUNTY AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN CARBON COUNTY REPORTED TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE UPSTREAM AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. THIS SHOULD START WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA AS WELL AS CONTINUE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING...BE ALERT TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS OVER...REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS IN A HURRY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR TO COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION. TFG/RNS/AMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 3:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 62 min |
| Nov 8, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 36 min |
| Nov 8, 3:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | PHI | Monroe | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 4:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 64 min |
| Nov 8, 4:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Montgomery | 38 min |
| Nov 8, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 35 min |
| Nov 8, 5:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 50 min |
| Nov 8, 6:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 5 hr |
| Nov 8, 6:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.