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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2019Berks County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2019, 3:24 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 106 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2019, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2019, 5:10 PM EDT
In force
106 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Berks County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 371 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

187 
WGUS51 KPHI 071924
FFWPHI
PAC011-072330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0076.190807T1924Z-190807T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
324 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 730 PM EDT.

* At 323 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly in the
  areas of heaviest rain.

* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
  Reading, Wyomissing, Birdsboro, Kutztown, Fleetwood, Sinking
  Spring, Laureldale, Womelsdorf, Wernersville, Leesport,
  Shoemakersville, Bernville, Lyons, New Morgan, Spring Ridge,
  Fairview Hgts, Shillington, West Reading, Mount Penn and Mohnton.

LAT...LON 4044 7613 4058 7578 4039 7564 4016 7590
      4016 7591 4031 7614 4035 7619

$$

NC
1 follow-up statement
074 
WGUS71 KPHI 072110
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
510 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

PAC011-072119-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-190807T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Berks PA-
510 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4044 7613 4058 7578 4039 7564 4016 7590
      4016 7591 4031 7614 4035 7619

$$

Iovino

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 10:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia11 hr
Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks4 hr
Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks38 min
Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks49 min
Aug 7, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks44 min
Aug 7, 2:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks97 min
Aug 7, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks, Montgomery31 min
Aug 7, 3:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks2 hr
Aug 7, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh43 min
Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks42 min
Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton51 min
Aug 7, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery30 min
Aug 7, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia44 min
Aug 7, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton91 min
Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Northampton51 min
Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia42 min
Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Aug 7, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia66 min
Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Monroe, Northampton46 min
Aug 7, 4:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Aug 7, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia63 min
Aug 7, 4:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Aug 7, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia59 min
Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks78 min
Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Delaware, Philadelphia3 hr
Aug 7, 6:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIDelaware119 min
Aug 7, 7:42 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr

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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.