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Coastal Flood Watch 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 14, 20207 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood watch at Dec 14, 2020, 2:49 PM EST for 7 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Dec 17, 2020, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2020, 2:49 PM EST (19:49 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2020, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 15, 2020, 3:27 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 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 coastal flood watch 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 coastal flood watch went out at Dec 14, 12:43 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 12:43 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 3:02 AM EST, 11 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 14, 11:38 AM EST, 3 hours 11 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
Dec 13, 7:15 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more	44 hr
Dec 14, 2:52 PM EST	Gale Watch	PHI		24 hr
Dec 14, 2:52 PM EST	Storm Watch	PHI		24 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2020 Coastal Flood Watches in Delaware, 2020 Every coastal flood watch in 2020

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.