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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 2, 2009Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Aug 2, 2009, 1:25 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 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
Aug 2, 2009, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2009-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2009-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS41 KPHI 021725
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
125 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

PAC091-101-022315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0013.090802T1725Z-090802T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHILADELPHIA PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
125 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WESTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS CAUSED THE WISSAHICKON CREEK AND OTHER
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA TO FLOOD. URBAN FLOODING HAS 
ALSO BEEN REPORTED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA BUT A 
FEW ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WATER 
LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4020 7521 4018 7510 3991 7520 3998 7528

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 2:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBerks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more13 hr
Aug 2, 3:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks3 hr
Aug 2, 5:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 hr
Aug 2, 7:34 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Aug 2, 7:51 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester4 hr
Aug 2, 9:04 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Aug 2, 9:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Chester, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Aug 2, 10:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia9 hr
Aug 2, 10:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester67 min
Aug 2, 10:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery66 min
Aug 2, 10:53 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia67 min
Aug 2, 11:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton61 min
Aug 2, 11:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia65 min
Aug 2, 11:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks57 min
Aug 2, 11:51 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIBucks24 min
Aug 2, 12:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBucks28 hr
Aug 2, 4:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Aug 2, 4:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester56 min
Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks2 hr
Aug 2, 6:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Aug 2, 6:25 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIPhiladelphia4 hr

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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.