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Areal Flood Advisory 89, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 20134 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 2, 2013, 1:37 AM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2013, 1:37 AM EDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2013, 3:30 AM EDT
In force: 113 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 2, 12:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 9:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 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
Jul 2, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	84 min
Jul 2, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	66 min
Jul 2, 5:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		46 min
Jul 2, 6:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more	3 hr
Jul 2, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		42 min
Jul 2, 7:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monmouth	56 min
Jul 2, 2:46 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton	119 min
Jul 2, 4:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Carbon, Monroe	4 hr
Jul 2, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	3 hr
Jul 2, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Kent, Sussex	82 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2013 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.