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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 30, 2015Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2015, 6:03 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 11 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 30, 2015, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODChestnuthill Twp, PASEVERAL ROADWAYS FLOODING AROUND CAMP JAYCEE. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES.
Jun 30, 7:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODMount Pocono, PANUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED IN COUNTY
Jun 30, 8:58 PM EDTFLASH FLOODAnalomink, PABRODHEAD CREEK FLOODING AT ANALOMINK GAGE SITE

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

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2015-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 600 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2015-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

112 
WGUS51 KPHI 302203
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-010200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0026.150630T2203Z-150701T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
603 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
    
* AT 602 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
  ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LEHIGHTON...MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...TOBYHANNA...
  PALMERTON...JIM THORPE...NESQUEHONING...WIND GAP...WEATHERLY...
  SKYTOP...CHRISTMANS...TANNERSVILLE...REEDERS...MOUNTAINHOME...
  POCONO PINES...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...ECHO LAKE...DELAWARE WATER
  GAP...MECKESVILLE AND ARROWHEAD LAKE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4099 7513 4097 7512 4095 7515 4093 7522
      4086 7529 4078 7567 4073 7576 4091 7599
      4100 7575 4109 7577 4113 7569 4113 7563
      4123 7554 4125 7513

$$

PO
3 follow-up statements
114 
WGUS51 KPHI 010130
FFWPHI
PAC025-089-010900-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150701T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
930 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARBON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
  MONROE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 500 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
    
* AT 926 PM EDT...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 
  RAIN WERE OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE 
  POCONOS OVERNIGHT. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED AROUND 4 INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE POCONOS WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO 
  TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN LOCALIZED AREAS POSSIBLE. 

* FLOODING IS ONGOING AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY EXACERBATE 
  FLOOD CONDITIONS.  
   
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LEHIGHTON...MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...TOBYHANNA...
  PALMERTON...JIM THORPE...NESQUEHONING...WIND GAP...WEATHERLY...
  SKYTOP...CHRISTMANS...TANNERSVILLE...REEDERS...MOUNTAINHOME...
  POCONO PINES...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...ECHO LAKE...DELAWARE WATER
  GAP...MECKESVILLE AND ARROWHEAD LAKE.

 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. NEVER
DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING 
FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4099 7513 4097 7512 4095 7515 4093 7522
      4086 7529 4078 7567 4073 7576 4091 7599
      4100 7575 4109 7577 4113 7569 4113 7563
      4123 7554 4125 7513

$$
043 
WGUS71 KPHI 010537
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
137 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

PAC025-089-010900-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150701T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
137 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 135 AM EDT...HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING BACK INTO THE POCONOS
WITH ADDITIONAL OR MORE AGGRAVATED FLOODING LIKELY.
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE AT THE LEAST POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LEHIGHTON...MOUNT POCONO...EAST STROUDSBURG...TOBYHANNA...
PALMERTON...JIM THORPE...NESQUEHONING...WIND GAP...WEATHERLY...
SKYTOP...CHRISTMANS...TANNERSVILLE...REEDERS...MOUNTAINHOME...POCONO
PINES...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...ECHO LAKE...DELAWARE WATER GAP...
MECKESVILLE AND ARROWHEAD LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4099 7513 4097 7512 4095 7515 4093 7522
      4086 7529 4078 7567 4073 7576 4091 7599
      4100 7575 4109 7577 4113 7569 4113 7563
      4123 7554 4125 7513

$$
467 
WGUS71 KPHI 010902
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
502 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

PAC025-089-010909-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-150701T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
502 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 500 AM EDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. WHILE RAPID FLOODING IS OVER, SOME 
ROADWAYS REMAIN CLOSED IN MONROE COUNTY AND THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A FLOOD WARNING.
 
LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4099 7513 4097 7512 4095 7515 4093 7522
      4086 7529 4078 7567 4073 7576 4091 7599
      4100 7575 4109 7577 4113 7569 4113 7563
      4123 7554 4125 7513

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 10:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Jun 30, 12:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks4 hr
Jun 30, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks43 min
Jun 30, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh52 min
Jun 30, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh43 min
Jun 30, 1:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks4 hr
Jun 30, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester50 min
Jun 30, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks, Chester30 min
Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton55 min
Jun 30, 2:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPHILehigh32 min
Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester26 min
Jun 30, 2:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester4 hr
Jun 30, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery56 min
Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester49 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPHILehigh, Northampton33 min
Jun 30, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester57 min
Jun 30, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery38 min
Jun 30, 2:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton4 hr
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Northampton60 min
Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester4 hr
Jun 30, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery23 min
Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester37 min
Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh44 min
Jun 30, 3:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Philadelphia47 min
Jun 30, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia45 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton43 min
Jun 30, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more13 hr
Jun 30, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Jun 30, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe23 min
Jun 30, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia31 min
Jun 30, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon29 min
Jun 30, 4:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 30, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia61 min
Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe27 min
Jun 30, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe24 min
Jun 30, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe, Northampton47 min
Jun 30, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe62 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.