Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Areal Flood Advisories in 2017
Areal Flood Advisory 206, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 18, 2017, 4:48 AM EDT for Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017, 4:48 AM EDT (08:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2017, 8:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Berks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 17, 9:41 PM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 9:41 PM EDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:41 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 18 hr | |
| Aug 18, 10:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 11:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 11:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 5:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 66 min |
| Aug 18, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 6:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Aug 18, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 27 min |
| Aug 18, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 29 min |
| Aug 18, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 7:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 7:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Talbot | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.