Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Apr 7, 2005, 11:25 PM EDT for Bucks County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2005, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2005, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KPHI 080324 FFWPHI NJC019-041-PAC017-095-080900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1125 PM EDT THU APR 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY UPPER BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 500 AM EDT * AT 1125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING ONE INCH IN MUCH OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, UPPER BUCKS COUNTY, WARREN COUNTY AND HUNTERDON COUNTY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE REGION UNTIL AROUND 200 AM, WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED. FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. FLOODING WILL NOT OCCUR ALONG THE MAIN STEM OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. IF YOU LIVE NEAR A SMALL STREAM OR CREEK OR NEAR AN AREA OF POOR DRAINAGE, KEEP WATCH ON THE WATER LEVELS DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. LAT...LON 4028 7519 4045 7481 4101 7497 4076 7551 $$ IOVINO
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KPHI 080517 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 115 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 NJC041-PAC095-080705- WARREN NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA- 115 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND WARREN COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300 AM... AT 115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN MUCH OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND WARREN COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF EACH COUNTY. AT 115 AM EDT...THE RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF THE TWO COUNTIES. LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER, RUNOFF FROM THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. AS A RESULT, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM AT WHICH TIME IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4028 7519 4045 7481 4101 7497 4076 7551 $$ IOVINO
000 WGUS71 KPHI 080531 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 130 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 NJC019-PAC017-080900- HUNTERDON NJ-BUCKS PA- 130 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR UPPER BUCKS COUNTY AND HUNTERDON COUNTY... AT 130 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER IN MUCH OF UPPER BUCKS COUNTY AND HUNTERDON COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION MOVES OUT OF UPPER BUCKS COUNTY AND HUNTERDON COUNTY AROUND 300 AM. RUNOFF FROM THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AS A RESULT, THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM AT WHICH TIME IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4028 7519 4045 7481 4101 7497 4076 7551 $$ IOVINO
000 WGUS71 KPHI 080723 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 325 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 NJC019-PAC017-080830- HUNTERDON NJ-BUCKS PA- 325 AM EDT FRI APR 8 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UPPER BUCKS COUNTY AND HUNTERDON COUNTY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED... AT 320 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF UPPER BUCKS COUNTY AND HUNTERDON COUNTY. RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE RANGED FROM ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER. WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISCONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING. LAT...LON 4028 7519 4045 7481 4101 7497 4076 7551 $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 10:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2005Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005
Sources
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.