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Areal Flood Warning 51, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 23, 2021Berks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Sep 23, 2021, 7:18 PM EDT for Berks County, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 36 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
Sep 23, 2021, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2021, 7:54 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Berks County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2021-09-23Temperature 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 2021-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -71 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
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

477 
WGUS41 KPHI 232318
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
718 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021

PAC011-091-240215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0051.210923T2318Z-210924T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Berks PA-Montgomery PA-
718 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flood Warning for Small stream in...
  East Central Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania...
  Northwestern Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 1015 PM EDT.

* At 718 PM EDT, Around 2 inches of rain fell earlier this afternoon 
  in the vicinity of Manatawny Creek. Minor flooding is expected 
  along the creek over the next few hours as water levels remain 
  elevated from the earlier rainfall.

* For Manatawny Creek at Spangville:
  At 7:00pm the stage was 5.95 feet.
  Flood Stage is 6 feet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most 
flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive 
cars through flooded areas.

&&

LAT...LON 4028 7574 4033 7576 4040 7577 4045 7567
      4045 7566 4044 7566 4036 7571 4031 7570
      4029 7567 4029 7566 4026 7565 4024 7565

$$

NC
1 follow-up statement
671 
WGUS81 KPHI 232354
FLSPHI

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
754 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021

PAC011-091-240004-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0051.000000T0000Z-210924T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Berks PA-Montgomery PA-
754 PM EDT Thu Sep 23 2021

...THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL 
BERKS AND NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4028 7574 4033 7576 4040 7577 4045 7567
      4045 7566 4044 7566 4036 7571 4031 7570
      4029 7567 4029 7566 4026 7565 4024 7565

$$

NC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 9:12 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Delaware, Philadelphia10 hr
Sep 23, 10:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester3 hr
Sep 23, 11:33 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Sep 23, 11:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton3 hr
Sep 23, 11:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware3 hr
Sep 23, 12:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia48 min
Sep 23, 12:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Sep 23, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia51 min
Sep 23, 12:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton and 1 more3 hr
Sep 23, 12:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks33 min
Sep 23, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia47 min
Sep 23, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Sep 23, 1:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester5 hr
Sep 23, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks32 min
Sep 23, 2:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Northampton3 hr
Sep 23, 3:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks2 hr
Sep 23, 4:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia80 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.