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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 14, 2011Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2011, 5:03 AM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 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 14, 2011, 5:03 AM EDT (09:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.1000850700500300200100-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
7399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

681 
WGUS51 KPHI 140903
FFWPHI
MDC015-029-035-141300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0026.110814T0903Z-110814T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
503 AM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CECIL COUNTY...
  KENT COUNTY...
  NORTHERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY...

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT...

* AT 500 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORM OVER CECIL...KENT AND
  NORTHERN QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ELKTON AND
  CENTERVILLE.

RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH THIS LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

&&

LAT...LON 3905 7631 3903 7625 3906 7623 3916 7628
      3932 7619 3938 7611 3938 7607 3944 7600
      3946 7602 3953 7599 3956 7610 3963 7610
      3972 7601 3972 7580 3939 7578 3936 7588
      3900 7596 3900 7621 3904 7627 3901 7634

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 12:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil3 hr
Aug 14, 1:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil4 hr
Aug 14, 1:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot6 hr
Aug 14, 2:27 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Aug 14, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot25 hr
Aug 14, 7:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Aug 14, 8:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Aug 14, 12:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICecil, Kent4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.