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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 15, 2011Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware; Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2011, 1:38 PM EDT for Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware; 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 15, 2011, 1:38 PM EDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2011, 5:14 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 2011-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 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 2011-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

941 
WGUS51 KPHI 151738
FFWPHI
DEC001-003-MDC015-029-035-152130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0030.110815T1738Z-110815T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
138 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KENT COUNTY...
  CECIL COUNTY...
  QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY...
  NEW CASTLE COUNTY...
  KENT COUNTY DELAWARE...

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

* AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CECIL COUNTY      
  SOUTH INTO QUEEN ANNE/S COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING ONLY VERY     
  SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THIS LINE    
  HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DROP OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF 
  RAIN NEAR THE NEW CASTLE AND KENT COUNTY LINE IN DELAWARE WAS ALSO 
  MOVING SLOWLY EAST AT 10 MPH. GIVEN THE VERY WET CONDITIONS 
  ACROSS THE AREA FROM RAIN ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, FLASH 
  FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED WHEREVER THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAPPENS TO FALL. 

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. MANY FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN CARS!

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

&&

LAT...LON 3905 7631 3900 7618 3918 7628 3951 7599
      3972 7624 3973 7578 3982 7546 3981 7544
      3962 7560 3946 7558 3924 7538 3895 7530
      3883 7572 3914 7579 3892 7595 3894 7610
      3881 7611 3894 7624 3891 7632 3891 7633

$$

FORECASTER:JJM/GH
1 follow-up statement
742 
WGUS71 KPHI 152114
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
514 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

DEC001-003-MDC015-029-035-152125-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110815T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENT DE-CECIL MD-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-NEW CASTLE DE-
514 PM EDT MON AUG 15 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NEW CASTLE...QUEEN
ANNE'S...KENT...CECIL AND KENT COUNTIES...

THE WATERS FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ARE RECEDING AND FLOOD WATERS
NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOVER...
MIDDLETOWN...NEWARK...WILMINGTON...ELKTON AND CENTERVILLE.

LAT...LON 3905 7631 3900 7618 3918 7628 3951 7599
      3972 7624 3973 7578 3982 7546 3981 7544
      3962 7560 3946 7558 3924 7538 3895 7530
      3883 7572 3914 7579 3892 7595 3894 7610
      3881 7611 3894 7624 3891 7632 3891 7633

$$

FORECASTER:JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 12:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle64 min
Aug 15, 10:58 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent62 min
Aug 15, 1:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle4 hr
Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent58 min
Aug 15, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex57 min
Aug 15, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex3 hr
Aug 15, 12:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's40 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 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.