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Areal Flood Advisory 147, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2021Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 26, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2021, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2021, 9:20 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 243 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

956 
WGUS81 KPHI 262224
FLSPHI

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
624 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

PAC025-270130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0147.210826T2224Z-210827T0130Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carbon PA-
624 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flood Advisory for...
  Central Carbon County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 930 PM EDT.

* At 624 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to 
  thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain has 
  already fallen with up to 1 inch of additional rainfall possible.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Jim Thorpe, Weatherly, and Christmans.

This includes the following highways...
	Northeast Extension between mile markers 84 and 88.

LAT...LON 4102 7573 4103 7565 4096 7560 4092 7567
      4090 7584 4097 7585 4098 7584 4098 7582
      4098 7580 4099 7579 4100 7576 4101 7574
      4101 7573 4102 7574

$$

Davis
1 follow-up statement
753 
WGUS81 KPHI 270120
FLSPHI

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
920 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

PAC025-270130-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.Y.0147.000000T0000Z-210827T0130Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carbon PA-
920 PM EDT Thu Aug 26 2021

...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 4102 7573 4103 7565 4096 7560 4092 7567
      4090 7584 4097 7585 4098 7584 4098 7582
      4098 7580 4099 7579 4100 7576 4101 7574
      4101 7573 4102 7574

$$

Deal

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe40 min
Aug 26, 3:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBerks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 2 more48 hr
Aug 26, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe28 min
Aug 26, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe31 min
Aug 26, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon25 min
Aug 26, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon31 min
Aug 26, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe51 min
Aug 26, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia34 min
Aug 26, 7:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon2 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.