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Areal Flood Advisory 156, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2015Caroline County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 28, 2015, 9:50 PM EDT for Caroline County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2015, 9:50 PM EDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2015, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Caroline County, MD

The radar

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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 Jul 28, 9:15 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 9:15 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 9:21 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 4:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
424 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

NJZ022-027-282100-
ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
424 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 424 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR EGG HARBOR CITY...OR
18 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EGG HARBOR CITY...PORT REPUBLIC...WADING RIVER...NEW GRETNA...
POMONA...ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA AND BATSTO.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3945 7452 3959 7477 3975 7457 3960 7441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 142DEG 3KT 3960 7458

JRK

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
506 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

NJZ022-027-282215-
ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
506 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 505 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EGG HARBOR CITY...OR
13 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY...THE STORM WAS NEARLY
STATIONARY.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABSECON...EGG HARBOR CITY...PORT REPUBLIC...POMONA AND
ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3941 7457 3954 7473 3964 7460 3952 7441
      3950 7441
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 356DEG 6KT 3951 7460

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 5:31 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
531 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

DEZ003-282245-
INLAND SUSSEX-
531 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 531 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SYCAMORE...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GEORGETOWN...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAUREL...SYCAMORE AND GUMBORO.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 3845 7549 3853 7563 3867 7555 3856 7527
      3845 7537
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 290DEG 5KT 3859 7552

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 3:24 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer	36 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Maryland, 2015 Every areal flood advisory in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.