Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 30, 2006Carbon County, Pennsylvania

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon56 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.