Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Sep 15, 2003, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)

Expired

Sep 15, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Area

Whole counties

Counties Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KPHI 151935
FFWPHI
PAC011-029-091-160130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
324 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
  WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.

* AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL   
  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SO FAR ACROSS LOCALIZED AREAS. WITH MORE 
  MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS     
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING, A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE 
ON, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE MANATAWNY CREEK AS WELL AS THE FRENCH 
CREEK. 

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

$$

LAT...LON 4021 7523 3978 7579 3976 7600 4051 7573

KRUZDLO

000 
WGUS71 KPHI 160126
FFSPHI
PAC011-017-077-091-095-160200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
916 PM EDT MON SEP 15 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...BUCKS 
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.
SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING
IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
SOME FLOODING CONTINUES IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS BUT THIS WILL ALSO 
SUBSIDE.

SOME RIVERS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN BERKS...MONTGOMERY AND 
CHESTER COUNTIES. PLEASE SEE THE RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR CONTENT 
ABOUT FLOODING ON THE PERKIOMEN CREEK AND BRANDYWINE CREEKS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR THE LATEST SEVERE
WEATHER INFORMATION.

$$

RNS

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.