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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 12, 2009New Castle County, Delaware; Cecil County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2009, 5:55 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware; Cecil County, Maryland. It was in force for 100 min. 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 12, 2009, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2009, 7:35 PM EDT
In force
100 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 23 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 402 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1048 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 122155
FFWPHI
DEC003-MDC015-130200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0039.090812T2155Z-090813T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
555 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ELKTON...
  SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MIDDLETOWN...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF 
THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOLLYWOOD
  BEACH...ZION...WEST NOTTINGHAM...ROCK SPRINGS...RICHARDSMERE...
  PLEASANT HILL...LOMBARD...FARMINGTON...FAIR HILL...CHERRY HILL...
  CALVERT...BRANTWOOD...BLAKE...BAY VIEW...BARKSDALE...ANDORA...SAINT
  GEORGES...PORT PENN...MOUNT PLEASANT...GLASGOW...BEAR...WOODLAWN...
  RISING SUN...NORTH EAST...CHARLESTOWN AND DELAWARE CITY

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 3972 7617 3972 7587 3961 7561 3952 7556
      3946 7558 3941 7553 3933 7575 3934 7577
      3938 7577 3938 7585 3948 7601 3953 7599
      3954 7606

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KPHI 122335
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
735 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

DEC003-MDC015-122345-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-090813T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CECIL MD-NEW CASTLE DE-
735 PM EDT WED AUG 12 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE
AND CECIL COUNTIES...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3972 7617 3972 7587 3961 7561 3952 7556
      3946 7558 3941 7553 3933 7575 3934 7577
      3938 7577 3938 7585 3948 7601 3953 7599
      3954 7606

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent3 hr
Aug 12, 4:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, New Castle3 hr
Aug 12, 4:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHINew Castle3 hr
Aug 11, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIQueen Anne's, Talbot66 min
Aug 11, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHITalbot26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 2009Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.