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Areal Flood Advisory 310, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 3, 2014Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 3, 2014, 6:17 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2014, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2014, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 704 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
704 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

224 
WGUS81 KPHI 032217
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
617 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NJC037-PAC025-089-040215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0310.140703T2217Z-140704T0215Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-MONROE PA-CARBON PA-
617 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT

* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING 
  THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE  
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED   
  WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A ONE HOUR    
  TIME FRAME WILL LEAD TO POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AND SOME RISES ON   
  CREEKS AND STREAMS. 

* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING WATER      
  ACROSS HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR    
  DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4121 7438 4108 7495 4109 7497 4093 7521
      4087 7528 4078 7568 4073 7576 4091 7600
      4100 7575 4110 7576 4114 7569 4113 7564
      4123 7554 4126 7513 4116 7515 4114 7508
      4109 7502 4118 7489 4132 7480 4136 7469

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
726 
WGUS81 KPHI 040056
FLSPHI

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
856 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NJC037-PAC025-089-040105-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.Y.0310.000000T0000Z-140704T0215Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-MONROE PA-CARBON PA-
856 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CARBON...MONROE AND
NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTIES...

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER 
THIS EVENING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. JUST SOME LIGHTER RAIN 
REMAINS OVER MONROE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES. THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE 
OVERNIGHT HOURS.


LAT...LON 4121 7438 4108 7495 4109 7497 4093 7521
      4087 7528 4078 7568 4073 7576 4091 7600
      4100 7575 4110 7576 4114 7569 4113 7564
      4123 7554 4126 7513 4116 7515 4114 7508
      4109 7502 4118 7489 4132 7480 4136 7469

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia52 min
Jul 2, 8:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks4 hr
Jul 2, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks57 min
Jul 2, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia67 min
Jul 2, 10:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia112 min
Jul 3, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton38 min
Jul 3, 1:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHINorthampton24 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILebanon45 min
Jul 3, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon52 min
Jul 3, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe24 min
Jul 3, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester69 min
Jul 3, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe35 min
Jul 3, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe62 min
Jul 3, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICarbon, Monroe28 min
Jul 3, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe56 min
Jul 3, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware39 min
Jul 3, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia44 min
Jul 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton58 min
Jul 3, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery66 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINorthampton4 hr
Jul 3, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Northampton65 min
Jul 3, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks61 min
Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Jul 2, 8:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth56 min
Jul 2, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem67 min
Jul 2, 8:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean44 min
Jul 2, 10:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic60 min
Jul 2, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington62 min
Jul 2, 11:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington3 hr
Jul 3, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI116 min
Jul 3, 12:23 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Jul 3, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jul 3, 12:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland50 min
Jul 3, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem45 min
Jul 3, 1:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jul 3, 1:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more56 min
Jul 3, 1:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean4 hr
Jul 3, 1:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean53 min
Jul 3, 2:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Jul 3, 2:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth56 min
Jul 3, 5:46 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI54 hr
Jul 3, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex52 min
Jul 3, 3:27 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean41 hr
Jul 3, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren49 min
Jul 3, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex60 min
Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex55 min
Jul 3, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren67 min
Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Jul 3, 7:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon55 min
Jul 3, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
Jul 3, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset55 min
Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset4 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.