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Areal Flood Advisory 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 11, 2018Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Feb 11, 2018, 2:27 AM EST for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2018, 2:27 AM EST (07:27 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2018, 6:30 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Feb 11, 12:45 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 12:45 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 11:40 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 10, 8:52 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
852 PM EST Sat Feb 10 2018

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-070-
071-101>106-110800-
New Castle-Cecil-Kent MD-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-
Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Eastern Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-
Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern Burlington-Ocean-Cumberland-
Atlantic-Cape May-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-
Coastal Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-
Northampton-Delaware-Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-
Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Elkton, Chestertown, Newton,
Washington, Morristown, Flemington, Somerville, New Brunswick,
Freehold, Sandy Hook, Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden,
Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Mount Holly, Jackson, Millville,
Hammonton, Cape May Court House, Ocean City, Atlantic City,
Long Beach Island, Wharton State Forest, Jim Thorpe, Stroudsburg,
Reading, Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, Media, Philadelphia,
Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester, Kennett Square, Collegeville,
Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
852 PM EST Sat Feb 10 2018

... WIDESPREAD FOG AND PATCHY DENSE FOG THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...

Areas of fog across Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and northern
Delmarva will become more widespread heading into the overnight
and become locally dense. Visibilities will fall below a mile in
many spots. Watch for reduced visibilities and exercise caution if
traveling overnight.

DEZ002>004-MDZ015-019-020-110800-
Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach,
Centreville, Easton, and Denton
852 PM EST Sat Feb 10 2018

...AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY DENSE FOG DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT...

Areas of fog are likely develop through the remainder of the
evening into the overnight. Fog may become locally dense with
visibilities falling to a mile or less in many spots. Watch for
reduced visibilities and exercise caution if traveling overnight.

MWG
Local storm report, Feb 11, 12:29 AM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 9:01 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryPHI31 hr
Feb 10, 10:58 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Feb 10, 11:01 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more8 hr
Feb 11, 6:01 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem18 hr
Feb 11, 7:53 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem16 hr
Feb 11, 10:00 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Feb 11, 10:04 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic26 min
Feb 11, 10:38 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 2 more14 hr
Feb 11, 10:57 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISalem12 hr
Feb 11, 12:24 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon4 hr
Feb 11, 12:33 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset40 hr
Feb 11, 12:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIBurlington67 hr
Feb 11, 2:07 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Feb 11, 5:57 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean6 hr
Feb 11, 6:47 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren8 hr
Feb 11, 10:51 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton8 hr
Feb 11, 3:15 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIBucks17 hr
Feb 11, 5:07 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex4 hr
Feb 11, 6:58 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIKent18 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.