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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 25, 2007Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2007, 11:45 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2007, 11:45 PM EDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2007, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
3225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 260347
FFWPHI
MDC011-041-260615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1145 PM EDT SAT AUG 25 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  EASTERN TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CORDOVA...
  RIDGELY...QUEEN ANNE...GREENSBORO AND DENTON

AS OF 1145 PM EDT...BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
NEAR THE TUCKAHOE RIVER IN CAROLINE AND TALBOT COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

LAT...LON 3888 7616 3889 7612 3890 7610 3893 7601
      3892 7600 3892 7596 3895 7595 3900 7574
      3898 7573 3872 7572 3867 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0344Z 180DEG 0KT 3880 7636

$$

MPD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's62 min
Aug 25, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline58 min
Aug 25, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Talbot66 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.