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Areal Flood Advisory 189, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 4, 2017Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 4, 2017, 2:49 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2017, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 3, 7:44 PM EDT, 19 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 7:44 PM EDT, 19 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 3:57 PM EDT, 22 hours 52 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Warren	43 min
Aug 3, 9:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington	4 hr
Aug 3, 9:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Sussex, Warren	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:41 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		9 hr
Aug 3, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	44 min
Aug 3, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh	49 min
Aug 3, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	46 min
Aug 3, 8:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Berks, Lehigh, Northampton	4 hr
Aug 3, 8:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	51 min
Aug 3, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Lehigh, Northampton	46 min
Aug 4, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Berks	65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.