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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 10, 2014Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2014, 6:23 PM EDT for Bucks County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 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
Jun 10, 2014, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2014-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 566 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2014-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
566 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
712 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

340 
WGUS51 KPHI 102223
FFWPHI
NJC005-PAC017-101-110115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0007.140610T2223Z-140611T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
623 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  NORTHEASTERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...
  WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 620 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SLOWLY MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.   
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ACCOMPANYING THIS ACTIVITY, WITH A HISTORY  
  OF RAINFALL RATES AROUND 2 INCHES WITHIN IN HOUR. THIS AMOUNT OF   
  RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LEAD TO FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILLINGBORO...RIVERSIDE...BEVERLY...WISSINOMING...TACONY...
  NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA...HOLMESBURG...BRISTOL...BENSALEM...
  ANDALUSIA AND BURLINGTON

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3988 7492 3994 7498 3995 7502 3998 7501
      3999 7503 4000 7505 3998 7508 3999 7510
      4010 7507 4013 7502 4011 7484 4009 7479
      3996 7479

$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 8:06 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Jun 9, 11:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMontgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 10, 2:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 hr
Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIDelaware, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 10, 7:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMontgomery3 hr
Jun 10, 4:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Jun 10, 7:23 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIGloucester6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2014Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.