Alert archive / Delaware / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2012, 4:56 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 9 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 26, 2012, 4:56 AM EDT (08:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sussex County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
778
WGUS51 KPHI 260856
FFWPHI
DEC005-261200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0039.120826T0856Z-120826T1200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
456 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY...
* UNTIL 800 AM EDT...
* AT 453 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX
COUNTY.
RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN
AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!
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 3849 7536 3875 7531 3880 7508 3870 7507
3870 7506 3867 7506 3866 7505 3860 7505
3860 7504 3859 7505 3852 7505
$$
NIERENBERG1 follow-up statement
017
WGUS51 KPHI 261148
FFWPHI
DEC005-261800-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120826T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
748 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY...
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT SUNDAY...
* AT 742 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES
AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS
OVER EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY REACHED NEARLY 10 INCHES AND ONGOING
FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING. ROADWAYS ARE FLOODED, DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO DRIVE ON THEM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE...OR AT THE VERY
LEAST...THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF VEHICLE DAMAGE. NEARLY HALF OF ALL
FLASH FLOOD FATALITIES ARE AUTO RELATED. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 3849 7536 3875 7531 3880 7508 3870 7507
3870 7506 3867 7506 3866 7505 3860 7505
3860 7504 3859 7505 3852 7505
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:08 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Sussex | 16 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 2012Every flash flood warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.