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Areal Flood Advisory 225, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 29, 20179 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 29, 2017, 2:14 PM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Kent County, Maryland. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2017, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2017, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 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 29, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 1:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 12:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 12:27 PM EDTStorm WarningPHI9 hr
Aug 29, 2:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in New Jersey, 2017Areal Flood Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2017Areal Flood Advisories in Maryland, 2017Every areal flood advisory in 2017

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.