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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 1, 2016Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT for Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 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
Jul 1, 2016, 7:40 PM EDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 61 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 nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

182 
WGUS51 KPHI 012340
FFWPHI
MDC011-041-020345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0014.160701T2340Z-160702T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
740 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ  HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TALBOT COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...
  CAROLINE COUNTY IN EASTERN MARYLAND...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
    
* AT 737 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF TALBOT COUNTY AND THE
  FAR NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF CAROLINE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE
  MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN
  SOME OF THESE STORMS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3886 7626 3884 7626 3878 7621 3886 7620
      3893 7611 3892 7595 3896 7594 3900 7574
      3865 7571 3870 7590 3857 7604 3868 7621
      3876 7622 3872 7630 3876 7630 3867 7634
      3868 7634 3876 7638

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
734 
WGUS71 KPHI 020101
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
901 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

MDC011-041-020345-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160702T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TALBOT MD-CAROLINE MD-
901 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
TALBOT AND CAROLINE COUNTIES...

AT 900 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. THE
HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EASTON...TALBOT...DENTON...FEDERALSBURG...GREENSBORO...RIDGELY...
TRAPPE AND ST. MICHAELS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3886 7626 3884 7626 3878 7621 3886 7620
      3893 7611 3892 7595 3896 7594 3900 7574
      3865 7571 3870 7590 3857 7604 3868 7621
      3876 7622 3872 7630 3876 7630 3867 7634
      3868 7634 3876 7638

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil50 min
Jul 1, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil45 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's43 min
Jul 1, 6:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 hr
Jul 1, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's55 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.