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Areal Flood Advisory 206, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 18, 2017Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

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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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 9:44 PM EDT, 7 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 3:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more18 hr
Aug 18, 3:41 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI18 hr
Aug 18, 10:51 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean54 min
Aug 18, 11:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Ocean116 min
Aug 18, 11:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean47 min
Aug 18, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Warren37 min
Aug 18, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset49 min
Aug 18, 5:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem3 hr
Aug 18, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem66 min
Aug 18, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon33 min
Aug 18, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset44 min
Aug 18, 5:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Aug 18, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth66 min
Aug 18, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset32 min
Aug 18, 6:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Somerset3 hr
Aug 18, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset37 min
Aug 18, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem37 min
Aug 18, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Aug 18, 6:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth, Ocean3 hr
Aug 18, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem27 min
Aug 18, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth52 min
Aug 18, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester51 min
Aug 18, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Ocean29 min
Aug 18, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean60 min
Aug 18, 7:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean, Salem3 hr
Aug 18, 7:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic50 min
Aug 18, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May26 min
Aug 18, 7:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Aug 18, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean47 min
Aug 18, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Aug 18, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester35 min
Aug 18, 2:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh4 hr
Aug 18, 2:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks24 min
Aug 18, 2:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh42 min
Aug 18, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh31 min
Aug 18, 3:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks4 hr
Aug 18, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton26 min
Aug 18, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon38 min
Aug 18, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks32 min
Aug 18, 3:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Aug 18, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton44 min
Aug 18, 4:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks4 hr
Aug 18, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Montgomery51 min
Aug 18, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery61 min
Aug 18, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Montgomery3 hr
Aug 18, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester42 min
Aug 18, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot65 min
Aug 18, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's3 hr
Aug 18, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot53 min
Aug 18, 7:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Talbot3 hr
Aug 18, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot48 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.