Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Areal Flood Warnings in 2017
Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
- 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
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
$$
jjm1 follow-up statement
331
WGUS81 KPHI 071913
FLSPHI
Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
313 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017
NJC041-PAC025-077-089-095-071920-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170707T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Warren NJ-Lehigh PA-Carbon PA-Monroe PA-Northampton PA-
313 PM EDT FRI JUL 7 2017
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL WARREN...
NORTHWESTERN LEHIGH...SOUTHERN CARBON...SOUTHERN MONROE AND
NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
Small streams throughout the area are back in their banks. Some
larger streams may continue rising for the next few hours in
response to heavy rain earlier today, but they are expected to
remain within their banks. The flood warning has therefore been
cancelled.
LAT...LON 4110 7509 4086 7484 4060 7576 4068 7589
4069 7587 4070 7583 4074 7576 4087 7593
$$
jjmThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:15 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 8:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 9:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 3 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.