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Areal Flood Advisory 22, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 16, 2009, 12:42 AM EDT for Bucks County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2009, 12:42 AM EDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2009, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bucks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jun 15, 3:35 PM EDT, 9 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 3:35 PM EDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 335 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE AROUND MIDWEEK. SEVERAL SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AS THE SUN GOES DOWN AND WE LOSE THAT GOOD SURFACE HEATING, THE STORMS SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF. ALL STORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. OVERALL, A NICE DAY SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO A NICE EVENING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL INTO THE 50S OVERNIGHT WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A BLEND OF MAV/MET TEMPERATURES LOOKED GOOD. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHEAST FOR TUESDAY. THIS WILL KEEP A CONTINUED ONSHORE FLOW AND COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. AN ISOLATED SHOWER IS POSSIBLE FROM PHILLY NORTH AND WEST AS A VORT MAX ROTATES THROUGH REGION. MOST AREAS PROBABLY WONT EVEN SEE A SPRINKLE BUT IT CANT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, TUESDAY SHOULD BE REMAIN DRY AND MAY VERY WELL BE THE NICEST DAY OF THE WEEK. A BLEND OF MAV/MET TEMPERATURES LOOKED GOOD. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO OUR SOUTH OFF THE CAROLINA COAST. THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM IS IMPORTANT SINCE HOW CLOSE IT STAYS TO THE COAST AND HOW FAR NORTH IT SHIFTS WILL IMPACT OUR WEATHER. THE GFS TAKES THIS SYSTEM RIGHT ACROSS UP THE COAST AND ACROSS THE DELMARVA. THE ECMWF KEEPS IT WELL OFFSHORE. WITH THIS UNCERTAINTY WE HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE EXISTING FORECAST. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR ANY PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY IS ALONG THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA FOR THE AFTERNOON AND THEN EVENTUALLY OVERSPREADING THE ENTIRE CWA DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERAL OTHER SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. A WARM FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY AND SOME DECENT WAA SHOULD DEVELOP BEHIND IT, USHERING IN SOME ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, POSSIBLY REACHING WELL INTO THE 80S. THE COLD FRONT FOLLOWS LATER SATURDAY AS YET ANOTHER SYSTEM LOOKS POISED AND READY TO CROSS ON SUNDAY, AND THEN HANGS AROUND INTO MONDAY. ALL OF THIS LENDS TO AN UNSETTLED PERIOD WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EVERY DAY. WE STARTED WITH HPC GUIDANCE AND MADE ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY ALONG THE WAY. && .AVIATION /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG, KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THERE ARE SOME LINGERING MVFR CLOUDS, ESPECIALLY S AND E OF KPHL, BUT ALL TAF SITES HAVE NOW GONE VFR. EXPECT VFR TO CONTINUE OUTSIDE OF ANY TSTMS. LATEST RADAR SHOWED SOME TSTMS OVER NERN PA MOVG INTO N NJ. ADDITIONAL TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE DELMARVA. MOST TAF SITES ARE CURRENTLY BETWEEN THE TWO AREAS AND ARE, THEREFORE, DRY. THE BEST CHCS OF TSTMS THIS AFTN AND EVENING ARE OVER THE NERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION, SO KABE AND KRDG ARE THE MOST LIKELY CANDIDATES AMONG THE TAF SITES. THERE IS MUCH LESS INSTABILITY OVER KPHL AND SURROUNDING SITES AND LATEST MODEL GUID INDICATES LOW PROBS FOR THIS AFTN AND EVENING. MY CONFIDENCE IS LOW REGARDING WHETHER TSTMS WILL REACH KPHL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD TSTMS ACRS THIS REGION, BUT ISOLATED TO SCTD STORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. OTHERWISE, EXPECT A GENL E TO SE FLOW WITH WINDS 10 KT OR LESS DURING THE DAY AND 5 KT OR LESS OVERNIGHT. TUESDAY MAY BE COMPLETELY DRY OVER THE AREA, WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING DOWN FROM CANADA. VFR CONDS WILL PREVAIL. OUTLOOK... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF WEDNESDAY. THEN, A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PLAINS TO THE OH VLY WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TWD THE GRTLKS. AT THE SAME TIME, ANOTHER LOW MAY DEVELOP NR THE VA CAPES AND MOVE NE. BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF TSTMS LATER WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WK HIGH PRES MAY BUILD IN FOR LATER FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, IF THIS OCCURS, THEN FRIDAY WILL BE DRY. THEN SOME MORE RAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE WEEKEND. && .MARINE... RELATIVELY TRANQUIL CONDS ARE EXPECTED ON THE AREA WATERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION THROUGH TONIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY, A SFC LOW WILL MOVE FROM THE OH VLY TWD THE GRTLKS AND ANOTHER LOW MAY FORM OFF THE VA CAPES AND MOVE NE. THIS SECOND LOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN INCREASE IN SEAS AND WILL LIKELY REQUIRE SCA FLAGS FOR SOME PORTION OF THE WEDNESDAY TO THURSDAY TIME PERIOD. AS THESE LOWS MOVE BY, FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE DRY WITH DECREASING SEAS. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE DOWN FROM CANADA THROUGH THE WEEKEND, BUT THEY APPEAR RELATIVELY WK AND NO ADDITIONAL MARINE FLAGS ARE EXPECTED ATTM. && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MEOLA NEAR TERM...MEOLA SHORT TERM...MEOLA LONG TERM...MEOLA AVIATION...NIERENBERG MARINE...NIERENBERG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:02 AM EDT, 21 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 302 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-160715- NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 302 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING AND SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL WITH AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA HAVING THE BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ002-003-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ013-020>023-027-160715- KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-WESTERN MONMOUTH- OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 302 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-160715- DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 302 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-450>455-160715- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 302 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RNS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:46 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 646 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 NJZ001-152345- SUSSEX NJ- 646 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SUSSEX COUNTY... AT 645 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PIKE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR HAINESVILLE AND HIGH POINT AROUND 700 PM...BRANCHVILLE AND CRANDON LAKES AROUND 715 PM...OGDENSBURG AND FRANKLIN AROUND 730 PM AND HOPATCONG AROUND 745 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND IT WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. EXPECT INTENSE LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. IOVINO
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 7:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 16, 3:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 72 hr |
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