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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 12, 2013Kent County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2013, 1:18 PM EDT for Kent County, Delaware. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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: Jul 12, 2013, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kent County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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
Jul 12, 2:15 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dover, DE	SEVERAL VEHICLES STRANDED IN HIGH WATER IN THE DOVER AREA. NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN THE DOVER AREA WITH WATER A FOOT DEEP.
Jul 12, 3:35 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Dover, DE	WATER SEVERAL FEET DEEP IN THE KENT GENERAL HOSPITAL PARKING LOT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

269 
WGUS51 KPHI 121718
FFWPHI
DEC001-122115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0037.130712T1718Z-130712T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
118 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN KENT COUNTY...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT...

* AT 109 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER     
  NORTHERN KENT COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DOVER.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE ACCUMULATED SINCE LATE THIS MORNING. 
MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3923 7539 3918 7539 3918 7540 3911 7540
      3907 7574 3919 7575

$$

KRUZDLO

1 follow-up statement

066 
WGUS71 KPHI 121852
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
252 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013

DEC001-122115-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130712T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KENT DE-
252 PM EDT FRI JUL 12 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN KENT COUNTY...

AT 246 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN 
MOVING OVER NORTHERN KENT COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY...NUMEROUS ROAD 
CLOSERS WERE REPORTED IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY IN THE DOVER 
AREA WHERE VEHICLES WERE STRANDED IN WATER.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES HAVE ACCUMULATED SINCE LATE THIS MORNING. 
MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3923 7539 3918 7539 3918 7540 3911 7540
      3907 7574 3919 7575

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 4:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	PHI	Kent, New Castle, Sussex	17 hr
Jul 12, 7:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	10 hr
Jul 12, 9:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, Sussex	8 hr
Jul 12, 12:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, New Castle	14 hr
Jul 12, 1:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	4 hr
Jul 12, 1:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex	4 hr
Jul 12, 4:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	New Castle	7 hr
Jul 12, 5:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex	4 hr

Nearby

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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.