Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Areal Flood Advisories in 2018
Areal Flood Advisory 108, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 4, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 98 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2018, 9:33 AM EDT (13:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2018, 11:11 AM EDT
- In force
- 98 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:36 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1091 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 4, 5:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 5:34 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 323 AM EDT Wed Jul 4 2018 DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-017>020-027-PAZ060>062-070-071- 101>106-050730- New Castle-Sussex-Warren-Morris-Hunterdon-Somerset-Middlesex- Western Monmouth-Mercer-Gloucester-Camden-Northwestern Burlington- Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Delaware- Philadelphia-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery- Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks- 323 AM EDT Wed Jul 4 2018 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northern Delaware, central New Jersey, northern New Jersey, northwest New Jersey, southern New Jersey, east central Pennsylvania and southeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Heat Advisory. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. On Friday and Friday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely, and they will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall. There is potential for isolated instances of flash flooding, as well as urban and poor-drainage flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures. DEZ002-003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021>023-PAZ054-055-050730- Kent-Inland Sussex-Cecil-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Salem- Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-Carbon-Monroe- 323 AM EDT Wed Jul 4 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Delaware, southern Delaware, northeast Maryland, southern New Jersey and northeast Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. Hot and humid conditions will continue today and tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. On Friday and Friday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely, and they will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall. There is potential for isolated instances of flash flooding, as well as urban and poor-drainage flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-050730- Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 323 AM EDT Wed Jul 4 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Delaware, central New Jersey and southern New Jersey. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. On Friday and Friday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely, and they will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall. There is potential for isolated instances of flash flooding, as well as urban and poor-drainage flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures. ANZ430-431-450>455-050730- Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE- Coastal waters from Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 nm- 323 AM EDT Wed Jul 4 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters and Delaware Bay Waters. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. On Friday and Friday night, showers and thunderstorms are likely, and they will be capable of producing gusty winds and locally higher seas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions according to standard operating procedures.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 100 min |
| Jul 4, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 22 min |
| Jul 4, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 1:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 2:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 2:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 3:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lebanon | 34 min |
| Jul 4, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 49 min |
| Jul 4, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 32 min |
| Jul 4, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 30 min |
| Jul 4, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lebanon | 23 min |
| Jul 4, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.