Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Areal Flood Warnings in 2010
Areal Flood Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Mar 13, 2010, 10:05 PM EST for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 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
- Mar 13, 2010, 10:05 PM EST (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2010, 3:43 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 735 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 warning went out at Mar 13, 9:44 PM EST, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 9:44 PM EST, 21 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 13, 4:47 PM EST, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
447 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 N TABERNACLE 39.92N 74.70W
03/13/2010 BURLINGTON NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL TREE REPORTED DOWN ON RETREAT ROAD IN SOUTHAMPTON
TOWNSHIP.
1025 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 SW WINDSOR 40.21N 74.62W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL POWER POLES REPORTED DOWN ON ROUTE 526 NEAR WEST
MANOR WAY IN ROBBINSVILLE.
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG COCHRANVILLE 39.89N 75.92W
03/13/2010 CHESTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TELEPHONE POLE REPORTED DOWN ON US ROUTE 1 NEAR PA
ROUTE 10.
1200 PM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
03/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
FLOODING REPORTED ON COLUMBUS BLVD.
1214 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHI 40.45N 74.48W
03/13/2010 MIDDLESEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
POLE REPORTED DOWN NEAR ADAMS AND COZENS LANE.
0100 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 E HOPATCONG 40.96N 74.59W
03/13/2010 MORRIS NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE IN JEFFERSON.
0102 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG EWING 40.27N 74.80W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE.
0145 PM FLOOD 4 E WOODBURY 39.84N 75.07W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
BIG TIMBER CREEK IS REACHING THE BACK OF SEVERAL HOMES
NEAR FRONT STREET AND THE BLACKHORSE PIKE.
0145 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW TURNERSVILLE 39.81N 75.08W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
POLE REPORTED DOWN ON MAIN STREET IN BLENHEIM.
0200 PM FLOOD MOUNT EPHRAIM 39.88N 75.09W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
NEWTON CREEK IS FLOODED UP TO THE BACK OF SEVERAL HOMES.
0224 PM FLOOD CAMDEN 39.94N 75.11W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 30 AT MLK BLVD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0230 PM FLOOD VOORHEES 39.85N 74.96W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
I-295 NORTHBOUND HAS 2 LANES COVERED IN WATER NEAR EXIT
28.
0245 PM FLOOD WESTVILLE 39.87N 75.13W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 551 BRIDGE OVER LITTLE TIMBER CREEK CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0245 PM FLOOD GLOUCESTER CITY 39.89N 75.12W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 130 SOUTH AT MARKET AND JUNCTION IS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0300 PM FLOOD AVALON 39.09N 74.74W
03/13/2010 CAPE MAY NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TOWNSENDS INLET BRIDGE BETWEEN AVALON AND SEA ISLE IS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HAMILTON SQUARE 40.23N 74.68W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG LAWRENCEVILLE 40.30N 74.73W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A CAR IN LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.
0324 PM FLOOD 3 E MAYS LANDING 39.46N 74.67W
03/13/2010 ATLANTIC NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 322 AT COLOGNE AVENUE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SEASIDE HEIGHTS 39.94N 74.08W
03/13/2010 OCEAN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG CALIFON 40.72N 74.84W
03/13/2010 HUNTERDON NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE SKILLMAN 40.40N 74.64W
03/13/2010 SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG BURLINGTON 40.08N 74.85W
03/13/2010 BURLINGTON NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0348 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG N BENSALEM 40.10N 74.95W
03/13/2010 BUCKS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
40 FOOT PINE TREE TOPPLED IN BACKYARD. NUMEROUS TREE
LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN.
0348 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG EAST BRUNSWICK 40.43N 74.42W
03/13/2010 MIDDLESEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE.
0358 PM FLOOD MANALAPAN 40.26N 74.40W
03/13/2010 MONMOUTH NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 9 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING.
0406 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG BARNEGAT LIGHT 39.75N 74.11W
03/13/2010 OCEAN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF A FRONT PORCH COLLAPSE IN BARNEGAT. ALSO, A
SHEET METAL ROOF REPORTED PEELED BACK.
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG KINGSTON 40.38N 74.61W
03/13/2010 SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
CABLE REPORTED DOWN ON A STREET.
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ROCKY HILL 40.40N 74.64W
03/13/2010 SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.
0438 PM FLOOD 5 N TABERNACLE 39.92N 74.70W
03/13/2010 BURLINGTON NJ AMATEUR RADIO
BARN ROOF REPORTED CAVED IN IN SOUTHAMPTON.
0439 PM FLOOD TRENTON 40.22N 74.76W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
ROUTE 29 CLOSED IN TRENTON DUE TO FLOODING.
0440 PM FLOOD HAMMONTON 39.65N 74.77W
03/13/2010 ATLANTIC NJ CO-OP OBSERVER
ROUTE 54 CLOSED IN HAMMONTON DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO, TREES
REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
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MEOLA/DANIELLocal storm report, Mar 13, 9:34 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
934 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 N TABERNACLE 39.92N 74.70W
03/13/2010 BURLINGTON NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
SMALL TREE REPORTED DOWN ON RETREAT ROAD IN SOUTHAMPTON
TOWNSHIP.
1025 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 SW WINDSOR 40.21N 74.62W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL POWER POLES REPORTED DOWN ON ROUTE 526 NEAR WEST
MANOR WAY IN ROBBINSVILLE.
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG COCHRANVILLE 39.89N 75.92W
03/13/2010 CHESTER PA TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TELEPHONE POLE REPORTED DOWN ON US ROUTE 1 NEAR PA
ROUTE 10.
1200 PM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
03/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA COUNTY OFFICIAL
FLOODING REPORTED ON COLUMBUS BLVD.
1214 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHI 40.45N 74.48W
03/13/2010 MIDDLESEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
POLE REPORTED DOWN NEAR ADAMS AND COZENS LANE.
0100 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 E HOPATCONG 40.96N 74.59W
03/13/2010 MORRIS NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE IN JEFFERSON.
0102 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG EWING 40.27N 74.80W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE.
0145 PM FLOOD 4 E WOODBURY 39.84N 75.07W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
BIG TIMBER CREEK IS REACHING THE BACK OF SEVERAL HOMES
NEAR FRONT STREET AND THE BLACKHORSE PIKE.
0145 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW TURNERSVILLE 39.81N 75.08W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
POLE REPORTED DOWN ON MAIN STREET IN BLENHEIM.
0200 PM FLOOD MOUNT EPHRAIM 39.88N 75.09W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
NEWTON CREEK IS FLOODED UP TO THE BACK OF SEVERAL HOMES.
0224 PM FLOOD CAMDEN 39.94N 75.11W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 30 AT MLK BLVD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0230 PM FLOOD VOORHEES 39.85N 74.96W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
I-295 NORTHBOUND HAS 2 LANES COVERED IN WATER NEAR EXIT
28.
0245 PM FLOOD WESTVILLE 39.87N 75.13W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 551 BRIDGE OVER LITTLE TIMBER CREEK CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0245 PM FLOOD GLOUCESTER CITY 39.89N 75.12W
03/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 130 SOUTH AT MARKET AND JUNCTION IS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING.
0300 PM FLOOD AVALON 39.09N 74.74W
03/13/2010 CAPE MAY NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TOWNSENDS INLET BRIDGE BETWEEN AVALON AND SEA ISLE IS
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HAMILTON SQUARE 40.23N 74.68W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0300 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG LAWRENCEVILLE 40.30N 74.73W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A CAR IN LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.
0324 PM FLOOD 3 E MAYS LANDING 39.46N 74.67W
03/13/2010 ATLANTIC NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 322 AT COLOGNE AVENUE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SEASIDE HEIGHTS 39.94N 74.08W
03/13/2010 OCEAN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE SKILLMAN 40.40N 74.64W
03/13/2010 SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG BURLINGTON 40.08N 74.85W
03/13/2010 BURLINGTON NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0345 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG CALIFON 40.72N 74.84W
03/13/2010 HUNTERDON NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0348 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG N BENSALEM 40.10N 74.95W
03/13/2010 BUCKS PA TRAINED SPOTTER
40 FOOT PINE TREE TOPPLED IN BACKYARD. NUMEROUS TREE
LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN.
0348 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG EAST BRUNSWICK 40.43N 74.42W
03/13/2010 MIDDLESEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE.
0358 PM FLOOD MANALAPAN 40.26N 74.40W
03/13/2010 MONMOUTH NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 9 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING.
0406 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG BARNEGAT LIGHT 39.75N 74.11W
03/13/2010 OCEAN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT OF A FRONT PORCH COLLAPSE IN BARNEGAT. ALSO, A
SHEET METAL ROOF REPORTED PEELED BACK.
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ROCKY HILL 40.40N 74.64W
03/13/2010 SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG KINGSTON 40.38N 74.61W
03/13/2010 SOMERSET NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
CABLE REPORTED DOWN ON A STREET.
0438 PM FLOOD 5 N TABERNACLE 39.92N 74.70W
03/13/2010 BURLINGTON NJ AMATEUR RADIO
BARN ROOF REPORTED CAVED IN IN SOUTHAMPTON.
0439 PM FLOOD TRENTON 40.22N 74.76W
03/13/2010 MERCER NJ EMERGENCY MNGR
ROUTE 29 CLOSED IN TRENTON DUE TO FLOODING.
0440 PM FLOOD HAMMONTON 39.65N 74.77W
03/13/2010 ATLANTIC NJ CO-OP OBSERVER
ROUTE 54 CLOSED IN HAMMONTON DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO, TREES
REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0459 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG OLD BRIDGE 40.39N 74.33W
03/13/2010 MIDDLESEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0720 PM FLOOD SHIP BOTTOM 39.65N 74.18W
03/13/2010 OCEAN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
CENTRAL AVE FROM ROUTE 72 TO WEST 28TH STREET REPORTED
CLOSED DUE TO TIDAL FLOODING.
0830 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG METUCHEN 40.54N 74.36W
03/13/2010 MIDDLESEX NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
*** 2 INJ *** LARGE TREE LIMB FELL ON A VEHICLE AND
INJURED TWO PEOPLE.
0931 PM FLOOD SHIP BOTTOM 39.65N 74.18W
03/13/2010 OCEAN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
LONG BEACH BLVD CLOSED FROM SHIP BOTTOM TO BEACH HAVEN
DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING.
&&
ROBERTSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Essex, Morris, Passaic | 8 days |
| Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Essex, Passaic | 8 days |
| Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Passaic | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 9:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 37 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 42 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:57 PM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 4 hr | |
| Mar 13, 11:10 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 3 days |
| Mar 14, 12:26 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 58 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:09 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem | 5 days |
| Mar 14, 1:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:23 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 63 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 36 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 48 hr | |
| Mar 13, 9:40 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 6 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2010Every areal flood warning in 2010
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.