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Coastal Flood Statement 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 28, 2006, 5:45 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2006, 5:45 AM EDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties New Castle County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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 nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 670 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS41 KPHI 280945 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 545 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 MDZ008-012-015-019-020-281800- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0012.061028T0945Z-061029T0400Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 545 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW THIS MORNING WAS FUNNELING WATER UP CHESAPEAKE BAY. TIDAL DEPARTURES WERE RUNNING 1.5 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. ALTHOUGH LOW TIDE WAS COMING UP AT TOLCHESTER AT 7:08 AM EDT, MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY YET OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO THE PRONOUNCED ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. EVEN THOUGH WATER LEVELS MAY RECEDE SOMEWHAT LATER THIS MORNING, MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY STILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND TOWARD MIDDAY. HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT TOLCHESTER AT 11:46 AM, AND THIS IS THE LOWER OF THE TWO DAILY HIGH TIDES. HIGH TIDE AT DENTON OCCURS AT 11:35 AM, AND HIGH TIDE AT CAMBRIDGE OCCURS AT 8:34 AM. THEN, A STRONG WEST FLOW WILL COMMENCE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS AGAIN POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT TOLCHESTER AND DENTON, AND AROUND 10:00 PM AT CAMBRIDGE. LOW LYING SPOTS AND AREAS ALONG TRIBUTARY CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WHUS41 KPHI 281000 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 600 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-281200- /O.EXB.KPHI.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-061028T1200Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 600 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING. A STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW THIS MORNING WAS FUNNELING WATER UP DELAWARE BAY. TIDAL DEPARTURES WERE RUNNING 1.5 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO THE PRONOUNCED ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. HIGH TIDE AT PHILADELPHIA OCCURS AT 6:32 AM. LOW-LYING SPOTS AND AREAS ALONG TRIBUTARY CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. THEN... A STRONG WEST FLOW WILL COMMENCE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. BLOWOUT TIDES MAY OCCUR LATER TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ MDZ008-012-015-019-020-281800- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-061029T0400Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 600 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FLOW THIS MORNING WAS FUNNELING WATER UP CHESAPEAKE BAY. TIDAL DEPARTURES WERE RUNNING 1.5 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. ALTHOUGH LOW TIDE WAS COMING UP AT TOLCHESTER AT 7:08 AM EDT...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY YET OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO THE PRONOUNCED ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. EVEN THOUGH WATER LEVELS MAY RECEDE SOMEWHAT LATER THIS MORNING... MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY STILL OCCUR THIS MORNING AND TOWARD MIDDAY. HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT TOLCHESTER AT 11:46 AM... AND THIS IS THE LOWER OF THE TWO DAILY HIGH TIDES. HIGH TIDE AT DENTON OCCURS AT 11:35 AM... AND HIGH TIDE AT CAMBRIDGE OCCURS AT 8:34 AM. THEN... A STRONG WEST FLOW WILL COMMENCE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS AGAIN POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT TOLCHESTER AND DENTON... AND AROUND 10:00 PM AT CAMBRIDGE. LOW-LYING SPOTS AND AREAS ALONG TRIBUTARY CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
000 WHUS41 KPHI 281419 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1019 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 MDZ008-012-015-019-020-282230- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0012.000000T0000Z-061029T0400Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 1019 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING INTO TONIGHT. THE STRONG SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS THAT BROUGHT THE WATER LEVELS UP BY AS MUCH AS 3.0 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THIS MORNING ARE GOING TO SWITCH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON, INCREASING IN SPEEDS. A CHECK WITH A COUPLE OF COUNTIES ON MARYLANDS NORTHEAST SHORE DID NOT INDICATE ANY TIDAL FLOODING, BUT SOME AREAS MAY HAVE REACHED NEAR MINOR JUDGING FROM THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDAL GAUGES. AS A RESULT, THIS BUILDUP OVER THE TIDE WILL NOW BE SUBJECT TO WESTERLY WINDS THAT MAY GUST TO NEAR 45 OR 50 MPH. THIS WILL LIKELY PUSH SOME OF THE WATER INLAND WITH SOME TRIBUTARIES EXPERIENCING TIDAL FLOODING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY INTO TONIGHT SO THE THREAT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDES. VERY CHOPPY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ON THE EASTERN SHORE. HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT TOLCHESTER AT 11:46 AM... AND THIS IS THE LOWER OF THE TWO DAILY HIGH TIDES. HIGH TIDE AT DENTON OCCURS AT 11:35 AM... AND HIGH TIDE AT CAMBRIDGE OCCURS AT 8:34 AM. THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT TOLCHESTER AND DENTON... AND AROUND 10:00 PM AT CAMBRIDGE. LOW-LYING SPOTS AND AREAS ALONG TRIBUTARY CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE SO PLEASE MOVE YOUR VEHICLE TO HIGHER GROUND FOR THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2006Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2006Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 2006Every coastal flood statement in 2006
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.