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Areal Flood Advisory 291, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 19, 2014Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 19, 2014, 1:30 AM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2014, 1:30 AM EDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2014, 5:30 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Chester County, PA

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 Jun 19, 12:35 AM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 12:35 AM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 12:36 AM EDT, 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1207 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ016-021-190515-
CECIL MD-CUMBERLAND NJ-KENT MD-NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ-
1207 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN KENT...NORTHWESTERN
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN CECIL...SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE AND
SOUTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTIES...

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PORTIONS OF CECIL...
CUMBERLAND...KENT...NEW CASTLE AND SALEM COUNTIES AT 1206 AM EDT. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 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 3944 7600 3952 7556 3947 7558 3940 7552
      3943 7548 3946 7555 3952 7553 3957 7526
      3934 7521 3933 7537 3943 7547 3940 7552
      3937 7550 3935 7555 3931 7558 3927 7596
      3942 7601

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 12:43 AM EDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1243 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-PAZ070-101-102-190645-
CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-DELAWARE PA-EASTERN CHESTER PA-KENT DE-KENT MD-
NEW CASTLE DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-SALEM NJ-TALBOT MD-WESTERN CHESTER PA-
1243 AM EDT THU JUN 19 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAROLINE...CECIL...KENT...NEW
CASTLE...NORTHERN SUSSEX...QUEEN ANNE'S...SALEM...SOUTHERN CHESTER...
SOUTHWESTERN DELAWARE AND TALBOT COUNTIES...

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PORTIONS OF CECIL AND KENT
COUNTIES AT 1242 AM EDT. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
EAST ACROSS CHESAPEAKE BAY WITH OTHERS IN SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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 3887 7625 3881 7621 3882 7620 3894 7624
      3884 7639 3905 7631 3900 7618 3918 7628
      3952 7599 3973 7621 3989 7599 3990 7536
      3979 7542 3952 7528 3938 7543 3959 7555
      3947 7558 3893 7530 3869 7636

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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
Jun 19, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Salem	2 hr
Jun 19, 1:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester	64 min
Jun 19, 2:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland	82 min
Jun 19, 2:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Ocean	72 min
Jun 19, 3:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Atlantic	60 min
Jun 19, 3:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Ocean	68 min
Jun 19, 3:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	PHI		57 min
Jun 18, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	84 min
Jun 18, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent	54 min
Jun 19, 1:43 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's	4 hr
Jun 19, 2:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	59 min
Jun 19, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Talbot	52 min

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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.