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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2006, 10:02 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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 2, 2006, 10:02 PM EDT (02:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2006, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 2, 10:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wilmington, DE | INTERSTATE 95 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Jun 2, 11:00 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pike Creek, DE | STREAM ON FOX RUN DRIVE OUT OF ITS BANKS, FLOODING THE ROAD. SOME CARS ACTUALLY PUSHED AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH WATER. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KPHI 030204 FFWPHI DEC003-030500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1002 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK * UNTIL 100 AM EDT * AT 1000 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE CONVERGING OVER NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE RED CLAY CREEK BASIN OVER THE PAST HOUR AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELSMERE AND BELLEFONTE. PLEASE ALSO BE WARY ALONG THE RED CLAY CREEK. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 3941 7577 3951 7556 3982 7548 3973 7576 $$ TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KPHI 030255 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1050 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 DEC003-030500- NEW CASTLE DE- 1050 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY... AT 1046 PM EDT...EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG INTERSTATE 95 IN WILMINGTON. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STORM TOTALS HAVE EXCEEDED TWO INCHES IN A LARGE PORTION OF THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY WITH AMOUNTS NEARING 4 INCHES IN THE CITY OF WILMINGTON ITSELF. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILMINGTON MANOR...WILMINGTON...STANTON...NEWPORT... NEWARK...NEW CASTLE...ELSMERE AND BELLEFONTE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3941 7577 3951 7556 3982 7548 3973 7576 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 12:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
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.