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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 7, 20174 counties in Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Jul 7, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania; Warren County, New Jersey. 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 7, 2017, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2017, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 227 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 163 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2017-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

474 
WGUS41 KPHI 071700
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
100 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

NJC041-PAC025-077-089-095-072100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0013.170707T1700Z-170707T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Warren NJ-Lehigh PA-Carbon PA-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
100 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Central Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania...
  Southern Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Southern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 500 PM EDT

*  At 1255 PM EDT, some streams in the area continue to rise as 
   result of heavy rain this morning. Some of these streams may 
   approach or exceed established flood stages early this afternoon 
   before falling back into their banks late this afternoon.

*  Som0e locations that will experience flooding include... 
   Lehighton, Northampton, East Stroudsburg, Blairstown, Nazareth, 
   Palmerton, Bangor, Jim Thorpe, Slatington, Pen Argyl, 
   Nesquehoning, Wind Gap, Bath, Belvidere, Oxford, Walnutport, 
   Hope, Belfast, Tatamy and East Bangor.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 4110 7509 4086 7484 4060 7576 4068 7589
      4069 7587 4070 7583 4074 7576 4087 7593

$$

jjm
1 follow-up statement
331 
WGUS81 KPHI 071913
FLSPHI

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
313 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

NJC041-PAC025-077-089-095-071920-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170707T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Warren NJ-Lehigh PA-Carbon PA-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
313 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL WARREN...
NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH...SOUTHERN CARBON...SOUTHERN MONROE AND
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

Small streams throughout the area are back in their banks. Some 
larger streams may continue rising for the next few hours in 
response to heavy rain earlier today, but they are expected to 
remain within their banks.  The flood warning has therefore been 
cancelled.

LAT...LON 4110 7509 4086 7484 4060 7576 4068 7589
      4069 7587 4070 7583 4074 7576 4087 7593

$$

jjm

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 4:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Jul 7, 7:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton6 hr
Jul 7, 8:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHINorthampton4 hr
Jul 7, 12:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHINorthampton4 hr
Jul 7, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware30 min
Jul 7, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia62 min
Jul 7, 8:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris35 min
Jul 7, 9:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2017Areal Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2017Every areal flood warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.