Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 59, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Aug 28, 2011, 3:23 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 8 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 28, 2011, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2011, 11:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877
WGUS41 KPHI 281923
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
323 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
PAC025-089-290315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0059.110828T1923Z-110829T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
323 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED
TO SHOW LIGHT RAIN OVER THE POCONOS FROM DEPARTING TROPICAL STORM
IRENE. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH OF THE
AREA...MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 6 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE YESTERDAY. SOME SMALLER CREEKS AND TRIBUTARIES ARE
CRESTING... BUT FLOODING AND RUNOFF FROM THIS EXTREME RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS. MANY ROADWAYS ARE CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE.
THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLOOD SITUATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4126 7514 4116 7516 4115 7509 4109 7503
4110 7499 4108 7497 4086 7531 4078 7570
4074 7576 4080 7587 4090 7599 4100 7575
4105 7578 4110 7577 4114 7570 4113 7564
4121 7557 4125 7550
$$
MANNING1 follow-up statement
523
WGUS81 KPHI 290304
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1104 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
PAC025-089-290312-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0059.000000T0000Z-110829T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
1104 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL
STREAMS IN MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES...
WATER LEVELS ON THE LEHIGH RIVER AT STODDARTSVILLE, THE POHOPOCO
CREEK AT KRESGEVILLE, AND THE AQUASHICOLA CREEK AT PALMERTON ARE ALL
RECEDING. THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4126 7514 4116 7516 4115 7509 4109 7503
4110 7499 4108 7497 4086 7531 4078 7570
4074 7576 4080 7587 4090 7599 4100 7575
4105 7578 4110 7577 4114 7570 4113 7564
4121 7557 4125 7550
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Delaware | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 9:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 48 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:58 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 17 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 10:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 10:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 11:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 11:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 12 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 10 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 18 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 8 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.