Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2014, 6:44 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 2, 2014, 6:44 PM EDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2014, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 1420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
777
WGUS51 KPHI 022244
FFWPHI
PAC011-030245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0019.140702T2244Z-140703T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
644 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 639 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE THE WARNED
AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME
FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BIRDSBORO
AND BECHTELSVILLE
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.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4043 7563 4037 7559 4026 7568 4014 7587
4013 7588 4022 7601
$$
ROBERTSON1 follow-up statement
745
WGUS71 KPHI 022345
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
745 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
PAC011-022355-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140703T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-
745 PM EDT WED JUL 2 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN BERKS
COUNTY...
THE HEAVY RAIN THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.
LAT...LON 4043 7563 4037 7559 4026 7568 4014 7587
4013 7588 4022 7601
$$
ROBERTSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 1:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monroe | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 2:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 46 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 5:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 49 min |
| Jul 2, 6:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 7:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 58 min |
| Jul 2, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Philadelphia | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
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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.