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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 13, 2006New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2006, 4:07 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 113 min. 1 report 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
Jul 13, 2006, 4:07 PM EDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County New Castle County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 4:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOODMiddletown, DEWEST MAIN STREET IN MIDDLETOWN CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2006-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 2006-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1112 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 132010
FFWPHI
DEC003-132200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
407 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 403 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDDLETOWN

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 3930 7576 3934 7551 3954 7557 3953 7577

$$

NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KPHI 132128
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
524 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006

DEC003-132200-
NEW CASTLE DE-
524 PM EDT THU JUL 13 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY...

AT 519 PM EDT...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS NEW CASTLE COUNTY, 
HOWEVER, SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE.  HIGH WATER 
PROMPTED THE CLOSING OF MAIN STREET IN MIDDLETOWN.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDDLETOWN.

NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.


LAT...LON 3930 7576 3934 7551 3954 7557 3953 7577

$$

NIERENBERG

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.