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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 27, 2014Berks County, Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2014, 9:43 PM EDT for Berks County, Chester County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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 27, 2014, 9:43 PM EDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2014, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 27, 10:10 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Elverson, PA	CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AND FLOODING THE ROADWAY. IN ADDITION... 2.60 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN AN HOUR.
Jul 27, 10:35 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Pottstown, PA	WATER RESCUE ON COLLEGE DRIVE IN POTTSTOWN.
Jul 27, 11:04 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.04	Glenmoore, PA	FELL IN 1.5 HOURS.
Jul 27, 11:10 PM EDT	HEAVY RAIN 2.56	Warwick, PA	FELL IN 1.5 HOURS.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

702 
WGUS51 KPHI 280143
FFWPHI
PAC011-029-091-280545-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0041.140728T0143Z-140728T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
943 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST CHESTER...
  WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 940 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE
  WEST. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN
  PARTS OF THE AREA. SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO THREE OR
  FOUR INCHES OF RAINFALL.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HONEY
  BROOK...ELVERSON...ROYERSFORD...PUGHTOWN...POTTSTOWN...NEW
  MORGAN...GLENMOORE...CHESTER SPRINGS...CEDARVILLE AND BIRDSBORO

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. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD 
PRONE LOCATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 7552 3990 7555 3988 7560 3984 7560
      3985 7601 3987 7601 3988 7599 3997 7600
      4004 7594 4011 7595 4014 7589 4029 7612
      4030 7612

$$

IOVINO

1 follow-up statement

841 
WGUS71 KPHI 280339
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1139 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

PAC011-029-091-280545-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-140728T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-CHESTER PA-
1139 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EDT FOR
CHESTER...WEST CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND SOUTH CENTRAL BERKS COUNTIES...

AT 1135 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM 
THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING AND 
THE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LIONVILLE...
HONEY BROOK...ELVERSON...ROYERSFORD...PUGHTOWN...POTTSTOWN...NEW 
MORGAN...GLENMOORE...CHESTER SPRINGS...CEDARVILLE AND BIRDSBORO

LAT...LON 4031 7552 3990 7555 3988 7560 3984 7560
      3985 7601 3987 7601 3988 7599 3997 7600
      4004 7594 4011 7595 4014 7589 4029 7612
      4030 7612

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	62 min
Jul 27, 8:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Chester, Montgomery	3 hr
Jul 27, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester	63 min
Jul 27, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Berks, Chester	54 min
Jul 27, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Montgomery	55 min
Jul 27, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton	3 hr
Jul 27, 10:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Chester, Montgomery	4 hr
Jul 27, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Chester, Delaware	61 min
Jul 27, 10:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Bucks, Montgomery	43 min
Jul 27, 11:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	62 min
Jul 27, 11:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Delaware, Philadelphia	58 min
Jul 28, 12:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia	85 min
Jul 28, 2:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	PHI	Chester	8 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.