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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 27, 2015Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2015, 7:42 PM EDT for Cecil County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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
Jun 27, 2015, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2015, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 7:45 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 W Newmans Corner, MDHIGH WATER ON SEVERAL ROADS. JOHN POWELL RD NORTH OF CHURCH HILL RD WAS WASHED OUT.
Jun 27, 8:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 E Indian Acres, MDFLOODING ACROSS INTERSECTION OF SANDY BOTTOM RD AND KNIGHTS ISLAND RD
Jun 27, 9:19 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 4.09Galena, MD

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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2015-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 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.

502 
WGUS51 KPHI 272342
FFWPHI
MDC015-029-035-280345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0020.150627T2342Z-150628T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
742 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  NORTHEASTERN KENT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CECIL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 740 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE 
  WARNED AREA. BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 
  FALLEN. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LEAD TO 
  FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CECILTON...KENNEDYVILLE...CRUMPTON...MORGNEC...GALENA AND
  KINGSTOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3943 7579 3914 7593 3918 7606 3946 7594

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
830 
WGUS71 KPHI 280336
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1136 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

MDC015-029-035-280345-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150628T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
QUEEN ANNE'S MD-KENT MD-CECIL MD-
1136 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S...
NORTHEASTERN KENT AND SOUTH CENTRAL CECIL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1145 PM EDT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM. WHILE THE HEAVIEST 
RAINS HAVE COME TO AN END, SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY 
MORNING HOURS.

LAT...LON 3943 7579 3914 7593 3918 7606 3946 7594

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 hr
Jun 27, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot42 min
Jun 27, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's47 min
Jun 27, 6:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's47 min

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.