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Coastal Flood Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 27, 201212 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood watch at Oct 27, 2012, 6:47 AM EDT for 12 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Oct 28, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 27, 2012, 6:47 AM EDT (10:47 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 28, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 28, 2012, 5:40 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood watch 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 coastal flood watch went out at Oct 27, 6:07 AM EDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 6:07 AM EDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 6:26 AM EDT, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 27, 4:51 AM EDT	Flood Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	71 hr
Oct 27, 5:05 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more	24 hr
Oct 27, 5:42 AM EDT	Storm Watch	PHI		11 hr
Oct 27, 4:30 PM EDT	Storm Warning	PHI		19 hr
Oct 27, 5:08 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more	64 hr
Oct 27, 5:08 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean	13 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2012 Coastal Flood Watches in Delaware, 2012 Coastal Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2012 Every coastal flood watch in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.