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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 22, 2009Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2009, 6:03 AM EDT for Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2009, 6:03 AM EDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2009, 8:44 AM EDT
In force
3 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 00:00Z, 10.1 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 00:00Z on 2009-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1483 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 00:00Z on 2009-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
1483 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
764 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 221003
FFWPHI
PAC091-101-221400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0049.090822T1003Z-090822T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
603 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WEST CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT

* AT 550 AM EDT...HEAVY RAIN WAS ONCE AGAIN FALLING ACROSS THE 
WISSAHICKON CREEK WATERSHED. THE WISSAHICKON CREEK GAGE, NEAR THE 
BORDER OF MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES, HAS BEEN RISING 
STEADILY THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN, THAT IS CURRENTLY 
FALLING, IS EXPECTED TO PUSH WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
 
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN 
DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 4021 7531 4024 7525 4013 7510 4010 7517
      4003 7516 4001 7522

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KPHI 221244
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
844 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009

PAC091-101-221253-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-090822T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PHILADELPHIA PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
844 AM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY AND WEST CENTRAL PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

THE WISSAHICKON CREEK HAS CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND IS NOW 
FALLING.


LAT...LON 4021 7531 4024 7525 4013 7510 4010 7517
      4003 7516 4001 7522

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 10:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 hr
Aug 21, 10:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester55 min
Aug 22, 1:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Aug 22, 1:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia77 min
Aug 22, 6:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Northampton3 hr
Aug 22, 7:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.