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Areal Flood Advisory 61, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 19, 2018Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at May 19, 2018, 5:12 AM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2018, 5:12 AM EDT (09:12 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2018, 8:15 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 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 May 19, 4:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 4:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 4:29 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 3:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland, Salem	68 min
May 19, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Cumberland	43 min
May 19, 7:32 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	PHI		16 hr
May 19, 7:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, Sussex	2 hr
May 19, 1:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Kent, Sussex	4 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Delaware, 2018 Every areal flood advisory in 2018

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.