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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2007, 4:31 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2007, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2007, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:15 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Stroudsburg, PA | NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES REPORTED IN STROUDSBURG, EAST STROUDSBURG, AND STROUD TOWNSHIPS. A MUDSLIDE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP. NUMEROUS WATER RESCUES ALONG ROUTE 611. |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 012032 FFWPHI PAC089-012330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 431 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * AT 429 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. WATER HAS ACCUMULATED UP TO ONE FOOT IN SOME ROADWAYS IN THE STROUDSBURG AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ON TOP OF THE ESTIMATED TWO INCHES OF HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED. * THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER THE STROUDSBURG AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 4093 7525 4096 7515 4106 7501 4104 7519 $$ TFG
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KPHI 012155 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 547 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 PAC089-012330- MONROE PA- 547 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY... AT 545 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN STROUDSBURG, EAST STROUDSBURG, AND STROUD TOWNSHIPS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4092 7524 4096 7515 4103 7507 4103 7521 $$ ROBERTSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 116 min |
| May 31, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 45 min |
| May 31, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 40 min |
| May 31, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 34 min |
| May 31, 9:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 93 min |
| Jun 1, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Northampton | 82 min |
| Jun 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 87 min |
| Jun 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 88 min |
| Jun 1, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 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.