Alert archive / Delaware / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2013, 5:52 PM EDT for Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 7 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2013, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2013, 1:09 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Dover, DE | SALISBURY ROAD IN DOVER AND SEVERAL ROADS IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY HAVE REPORTED FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.
723
WGUS51 KPHI 072152
FFWPHI
DEC001-003-080145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0003.130607T2152Z-130608T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
552 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY...
KENT COUNTY...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT...
* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER KENT AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOVER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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!
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 3885 7572 3915 7575 3943 7554 3940 7551
3937 7550 3934 7546 3923 7538 3918 7538
3914 7540 3906 7539 3904 7536
$$
KRUZDLO2 follow-up statements
159
WGUS51 KPHI 080132
FFWPHI
DEC001-003-080545-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130608T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
932 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY...
KENT COUNTY...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT...
* AT 930 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MORE RAIN, ASSOCIATED WITH POST TROPICAL CYCLONE ANDREA, MOVING BACK
INTO THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOVER.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS SAME
AREA HAS SEEN RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF FOUR INCHES EARLIER
TODAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3885 7572 3915 7575 3943 7554 3940 7551
3937 7550 3934 7546 3923 7538 3918 7538
3914 7540 3906 7539 3904 7536
$$
KRUZDLO120
WGUS71 KPHI 080509
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
109 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
DEC001-003-080519-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130608T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
NEW CASTLE DE-KENT DE-
109 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR KENT AND
SOUTHEASTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTIES...
WITH ONLY LOW LYING ROAD AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING STILL BEING
REPORTED, THIS WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN ADVISORY.
LAT...LON 3885 7572 3915 7575 3943 7554 3940 7551
3937 7550 3934 7546 3923 7538 3918 7538
3914 7540 3906 7539 3904 7536
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:42 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Sussex | 48 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 15 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 11 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:52 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 8 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 52 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Delaware, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.