Alert archive / Maryland / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2013, 4:49 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 8 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
- Jun 7, 2013, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2013, 12:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Caroline County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
759
WGUS51 KPHI 072049
FFWPHI
MDC011-080045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0002.130607T2049Z-130608T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAROLINE COUNTY...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
* AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CAROLINE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DENTON AND
GREENSBORO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN THE NEXT TWO
HOURS 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!
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 3868 7576 3867 7579 3870 7583 3869 7589
3867 7593 3868 7596 3878 7595 3881 7590
3884 7593 3890 7593 3911 7583 3908 7575
3867 7574
$$
FORECASTER:SZATKOWSKI2 follow-up statements
310
WGUS51 KPHI 080013
FFWPHI
MDC011-080445-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130608T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
813 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAROLINE COUNTY...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT...
* AT 806 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ADDITIONAL RAIN FROM POST TROPICAL CYCLONE ANDREA MOVING INTO THE
WARNED AREA. THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 7576 3867 7579 3870 7583 3869 7589
3867 7593 3868 7596 3878 7595 3881 7590
3884 7593 3890 7593 3911 7583 3908 7575
3867 7574
$$
KRUZDLO663
WGUS71 KPHI 080425
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1225 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
MDC011-080434-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130608T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAROLINE MD-
1225 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CAROLINE COUNTY...
WITH ONLY LOW LYING ROAD AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING STILL BEING
REPORTED, THIS WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN ADVISORY.
LAT...LON 3868 7576 3867 7579 3870 7583 3869 7589
3867 7593 3868 7596 3878 7595 3881 7590
3884 7593 3890 7593 3911 7583 3908 7575
3867 7574
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil, Kent | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Cecil | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's | 64 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2013Every flash flood warning 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.