Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2006, 4:46 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 2006, 4:46 PM EDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 302047 FFWPHI PAC025-302245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 446 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA IS BECOMING LIKELY. DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE EXCEEDED TWO INCHES AND THE STORM IS JUST DRIFTING SOUTH. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 4091 7583 4102 7556 4112 7564 4109 7580 $$ TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KPHI 302148 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 545 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 PAC025-302245- CARBON PA- 545 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY... AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER BANKS TOWNSHIP AND BEAVER MEADOWS. CREEKS THAT HAVE RECEIVED OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN INCLUDE BEAVER CREEK AND HAZLE CREEK. EARLIER SIMILAR AMOUNTS FELL NEAR THE LEHIGH RIVER IN KIDDER TOWNSHIP. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 4084 7600 4095 7573 4105 7581 4102 7597 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.