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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 21, 2011Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT for Kent County, Maryland. 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 21, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2011, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Kent County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1589 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1589 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
969 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

396 
WGUS51 KPHI 212045
FFWPHI
MDC029-212345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0037.110821T2045Z-110821T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
445 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY...

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

* AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWESTERN
  KENT COUNTY. STATE POLICE REPORTED FLOODING ON SOME ROADS AND ROAD
  CLOSURES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK
  HALL...AS WELL AS RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN KENT COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS 
OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED 
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! 
NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO 
ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 7624 3925 7616 3920 7610 3908 7617
      3909 7624 3914 7626 3915 7628 3916 7628

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 3:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHICecil, Kent17 hr
Aug 21, 8:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil, Kent59 min
Aug 21, 9:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil, Kent52 min
Aug 21, 9:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's2 hr
Aug 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's59 min
Aug 21, 2:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's3 hr
Aug 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's, Talbot65 min
Aug 21, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, Queen Anne's2 hr
Aug 21, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot57 min
Aug 21, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot37 min
Aug 21, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot115 min
Aug 21, 7:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline118 min

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.