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Areal Flood Advisory 52, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2021Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 8, 2021, 9:31 AM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2021, 9:31 AM EDT (13:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2021, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2021-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 973 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 2021-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 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
973 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

543 
WGUS81 KPHI 081331
FLSPHI

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
931 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

PAC025-089-081530-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0052.210708T1331Z-210708T1530Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Carbon PA-Monroe PA-
931 AM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

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

* Until 1130 AM EDT.

* At 931 AM 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 1.5 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Up to 1 inch of additional rainfall is possible.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Lehighton, Mount Pocono, Tobyhanna, Jim Thorpe, Nesquehoning, 
  Weatherly, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Sun Valley, Jonas, 
  Meckesville, and Pocono Pines.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 286 and 304.
	Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 9.
	Northeast Extension between mile markers 75 and 91.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 4078 7576 4088 7590 4124 7541 4125 7526
      4118 7515 4115 7516 4114 7509 4113 7507

$$

JEO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe49 min
Jul 8, 8:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe52 min
Jul 8, 9:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe44 min
Jul 8, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks41 min
Jul 8, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks25 min
Jul 8, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Montgomery39 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks50 min
Jul 8, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton45 min
Jul 8, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks54 min
Jul 8, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh34 min
Jul 8, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia39 min
Jul 8, 5:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton46 min
Jul 8, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks23 min
Jul 8, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery39 min
Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHINorthampton44 min

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.