Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Areal Flood Advisories in 2013
Areal Flood Advisory 140, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 22, 2013, 9:19 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2013, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2013, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 22, 9:08 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 9:08 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 4:09 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 409 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 PAZ054-055-232015- CARBON-MONROE- 409 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR INTO TONIGHT FROM SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR TUESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ001-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-015>019-PAZ060>062-070- 071-101>106-232015- NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN- MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- 409 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR INTO THIS TONIGHT ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR TUESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ002-003-NJZ021-232015- KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CUMBERLAND- 409 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH HEAVY SHOWERS AND ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR TUESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-232015- DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 409 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. LOCAL POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MAY OCCUR TUESDAY ASSOCIATED WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE TUESDAY EVENING HIGH TIDE CYCLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-450>455-232015- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 409 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-222145-
CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
345 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHAMPTON...NORTHWESTERN
LEHIGH...SOUTHEASTERN CARBON...SOUTHERN MONROE...SUSSEX AND WARREN
COUNTIES...
AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PORTIONS OF CARBON...
LEHIGH...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES AT 343 PM
EDT. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES
WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM
APPROACHES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 4131 7457 4121 7437 4092 7468 4090 7471
4092 7473 4091 7478 4082 7484 4071 7497
4068 7505 4069 7585 4118 7515 4116 7515
4114 7508 4109 7503 4110 7500 4118 7489
4129 7484 4135 7475 4135 7471
MEOLASpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 430 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 NJZ013-020-222130- OCEAN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- 430 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN OCEAN AND SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES... AT 425 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR SIX FLAGS THEME PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR CASSVILLE AROUND 440 PM...JACKSONS MILLS AROUND 450 PM...FREEWOOD ACRES AROUND 510 PM...JACKSON AROUND 520 PM AND LEISURE KNOLL AROUND 530 PM. LAT...LON 4012 7413 3992 7436 4012 7457 4026 7441 MEOLA
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
NJZ015-PAZ106-222215-
LOWER BUCKS PA-MERCER NJ-
510 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MERCER AND SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS
COUNTIES...
AT 508 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR FAIRLESS HILLS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE
OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL
FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MORRISVILLE AROUND 520 PM...TRENTON
AROUND 530 PM...LAWRENCEVILLE AROUND 540 PM...EDINBURG AROUND 550
PM...PRINCETON JUNCTION AROUND 600 PM AND HIGHTSTOWN AROUND 610 PM.
LAT...LON 4016 7467 4018 7471 4014 7472 4012 7479
4013 7482 4009 7485 4008 7490 4023 7503
4039 7465 4038 7462 4033 7462 4029 7456
4029 7453 4025 7448
MEOLASpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 6:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
632 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
DEZ001-NJZ016-222330-
NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ-
632 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NEW CASTLE AND
NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTIES...
AT 631 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BEAR...MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE
OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE
INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL
FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR BROOKSIDE AROUND 640 PM...WILMINGTON
MANOR AROUND 650 PM...NEWPORT AROUND 700 PM...WILMINGTON AROUND 710
PM AND TALLEYVILLE AROUND 720 PM.
LAT...LON 3980 7571 3984 7562 3984 7551 3980 7541
3979 7542 3978 7540 3973 7538 3948 7554
3955 7554 3957 7552 3959 7555 3951 7555
3949 7558 3955 7578 3962 7579
MEOLAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 9:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 97 min |
| Jul 23, 3:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 58 min |
| Jul 23, 11:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 53 min |
| Jul 23, 11:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 3:08 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 94 min |
| Jul 23, 12:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 2 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2013Every areal flood advisory in 2013
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.