Alert archive / Delaware / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2006, 7:03 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 2006, 7:03 AM EDT (11:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2006, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 7:05 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Federalsburg, MD | STREET FLOODING IN FEDERALSBURG. |
| Jun 25, 7:10 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Federalsburg, MD | RECEIVED REPORT OF ROADWAYS UNDER WATER IN SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY. |
| Jun 25, 7:30 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 9 | Federalsburg, MD | RAIN GAGE AT FEDERALSBURG REPORTED A 6 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL OF 9.00 INCHES. |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | 1 W Galestown, MD | SECTIONS OF ROUTE 313 OR SHARPTOWN ROAD NEAR GALESTOWN WERE EITHER PARTIALLY DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING. |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | 2 E Hurlock, MD | SECTIONS OF ROUTE 392 OR HARRISON FERRY ROAD BETWEEN HURLOCK AND FINCHVILLE WERE EITHER PARTIALLY DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING. |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Ne East New Market, MD | REPORTS OF 9 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN EAST NEW MARKET AND HURLOCK. SECTIONS OF ROUTE 392 BETWEEN HURLOCK AND EAST NEW MARKET WERE EITHER PARTIALLY DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING. |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Ne East New Market, MD | REPORTS OF 9 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN EAST NEW MARKET AND HURLOCK. SECTIONS OF ROUTE 392 OR WILLIAMSBURG ROAD BETWEEN HURLOCK AND EAST NEW MARKET WERE EITHER PARTIALLY DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING. |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Ne Hurlock, MD | SECTIONS OF ROUTE 307 OR WILLIAMSBURG ROAD BETWEEN HURLOCK AND WILLIAMSBURG WERE EITHER PARTIALLY DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING. |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | Sharptown, MD | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE TOWN OF SHARPTOWN. PORTIONS OF SHARPTOWN ROAD BETWEEN SHARPTOWN AND GALESTOWN WERE EITHER PARTIALLY DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING. |
| Jun 25, 11:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Seaford, DE | FLOODING REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE SEAFORD AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 533 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 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 251105
FFWPHI
DEC005-MDC011-251500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
703 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND
WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 700 AM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM
OVER THE WARNED AREA IN CAROLINE COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3869 7596 3850 7580 3853 7545 3882 7552
3885 7596
$$
STAUBER2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KPHI 251157
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
755 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
DEC005-MDC011-251500-
CAROLINE MD-SUSSEX DE-
755 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR
WESTERN SUSSEX AND SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...
AT 731 AM EDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAINFALL GAGE AT
FEDERALSBURG IN MARYLAND HAD 9 INCHES OF RAIN. OFFICIALS FROM
CAROLINE COUNTY IN MARYLAND HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OF MANY ROADWAYS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA, BUT RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST OF THIS
ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL PROBABLY FALL IN SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3869 7596 3850 7580 3853 7545 3882 7552
3885 7596
$$
RNS000
WGUS71 KPHI 251426
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1022 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
DEC005-MDC011-251500-
CAROLINE MD-SUSSEX DE-
1022 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR
WESTERN SUSSEX AND SOUTHERN CAROLINE COUNTIES...
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER A GOOD PORTION OF SOUTHERN CAROLINE
COUNTY IN MARYLAND AND OVER WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN DELAWARE.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT ALTHOUGH RAIN
CONTINUES IN THIS AREA, THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED TO UNDER
AN INCH PER HOUR. THE RAINFALL RATES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND
THE FLOODING SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3869 7596 3850 7580 3853 7545 3882 7552
3885 7596
$$
STAUBERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Talbot | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 2006Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2006Every flash flood warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.