Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2006, 12:44 AM EDT for Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2006, 12:44 AM EDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2006, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Delaware County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 030447
FFWPHI
DEC003-MDC015-PAC045-030800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1244 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED
THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND
NORTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWARK
DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
* UNTIL 400 AM EDT
* AT 1240 AM EDT...MORE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE
WARNED AREA. ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING IN CECIL
AND NEW CASTLE COUNTY. IN ADDITION THE CHESTER CREEK IS
FLOODING IN DELAWARE COUNTY AND THE CHRISTINA RIVER IS
EXPECTED TO FLOOD IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY. FLOODING WAS
REPORTED ALONG SHELL POT CREEK IN WILMINGTON DELAWARE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND HALF AN INCH ARE
LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SWARTHMORE...NETHER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP...LIMA...DREXEL HILL...
CHESTER...BROOMALL...WILMINGTON MANOR...TALLEYVILLE...STANTON...
NEWPORT...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. 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 3972 7579 4000 7534 3989 7528 3976 7547
3972 7548 3964 7560 3959 7561 3954 7586
3956 7586 3952 7595 3952 7599 3957 7599
3954 7601 3957 7610 3968 7616
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 10:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 9:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cecil | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 10:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2006Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 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.