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Areal Flood Advisory 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 31, 2021New Castle County, Delaware; 5 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Mar 31, 2021, 3:50 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware; 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2021, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2021-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 242 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

566 
WGUS81 KPHI 311950
FLSPHI

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
350 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

DEC003-NJC005-007-011-015-033-312245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0007.210331T1950Z-210331T2245Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
New Castle DE-Burlington NJ-Camden NJ-Cumberland NJ-Gloucester NJ-
Salem NJ-
350 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flood Advisory for...
  New Castle County in northern Delaware...
  West Central Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Camden County in southern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...
  Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...
  Salem County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 350 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  heavy rain. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly 
  in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 0.75 inches of rain have 
  fallen with another .50 to 1.0 inches of rain possible over the 
  next few hours.

Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Camden, Wilmington, Vineland, Newark, Middletown, Gloucester City, 
  Cherry Hill, Evesham, Mount Laurel, Willingboro, Deptford, and 
  Voorhees.

This includes the following highways...
	New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 4.
	Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 0 and 21.
	Interstate 76 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 3.
	Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 45.
	Interstate 676 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 1.
	Atlantic City Expressway between mile markers 34 and 44.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated, or 
ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.

&&

LAT...LON 3981 7568 3979 7542 3981 7526 3988 7515
      4004 7494 3997 7473 3992 7463 3951 7506
      3932 7576 3972 7579

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 31, 3:46 PM EDTFreeze WatchPHIKent, Sussex11 hr
Mar 31, 3:28 AM EDTGale WarningPHI33 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in New Jersey, 2021Areal Flood Advisories in Delaware, 2021Every areal flood advisory in 2021

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.