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Flash Flood Warning 107, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 11, 2018Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Oct 11, 2018, 11:36 PM EDT for Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. 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
Oct 11, 2018, 11:36 PM EDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
Oct 12, 2018, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 959 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2018-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

259 
WGUS51 KPHI 120336
FFWPHI
MDC029-035-120730-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0107.181012T0336Z-181012T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1136 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2018

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland...
  Southwestern Kent County in northeastern Maryland...

* Until 330 AM EDT.

* At 1134 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already fallen. This 
  amount of rainfall is capable of producing flash flooding. 

* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
  Chestertown, Rock Hall, Chester, Overton, Old Town, Stevensville,
  Langford, Stevensville South, Kingstown and Dominion.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3892 7637 3901 7632 3903 7631 3898 7628
      3897 7622 3900 7617 3901 7621 3913 7625
      3915 7628 3922 7624 3924 7600 3900 7616
      3892 7626 3894 7628 3890 7629 3891 7631
      3896 7631 3884 7637

$$

Kruzdlo
1 follow-up statement
617 
WGUS71 KPHI 120721
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
321 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2018

MDC029-035-120730-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0107.000000T0000Z-181012T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Queen Anne's MD-Kent MD-
321 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S AND SOUTHWESTERN
KENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 AM EDT...

The heavy rain has ended. The flash flood warning has been allowed 
to expire. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3892 7637 3901 7632 3903 7631 3898 7628
      3897 7622 3900 7617 3901 7621 3913 7625
      3915 7628 3922 7624 3924 7600 3900 7616
      3892 7626 3894 7628 3890 7629 3891 7631
      3896 7631 3884 7637

$$

Kruzdlo

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 8:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil, Kent, Queen Anne's8 hr
Oct 11, 10:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot6 hr
Oct 11, 11:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICaroline, Talbot4 hr
Oct 12, 12:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's4 hr
Oct 12, 3:28 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICaroline, Talbot6 hr
Oct 12, 3:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot6 hr
Oct 12, 3:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIKent, Queen Anne's7 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.