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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 8, 2021Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2021, 12:34 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2021, 12:34 PM EDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2021, 2:55 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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, 4.6 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 740 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 2021-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
740 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

496 
WGUS51 KPHI 081634
FFWPHI
PAC089-082045-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0004.210608T1634Z-210608T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1234 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 1234 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts 
  of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding 
  is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Mount Pocono, Paradise Valley, Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine 
  Mountain, Henryville, Scotrun, Skytop, Pocono Pines, Long Pond, 
  and Cresco.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 293 and 301.
	Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 5.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7512 4111 7512 4108 7517 4106 7527
      4105 7535 4105 7546 4107 7549 4114 7541
      4120 7537 4124 7535 4125 7513 4115 7516

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Staarmann
2 follow-up statements
971 
WGUS71 KPHI 081746
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
146 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

PAC089-082045-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210608T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe PA-
146 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

At 146 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 
and 5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 
to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
         drainage and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Mount Pocono, Paradise Valley, Mountainhome, Canadensis, Alpine 
  Mountain, Henryville, Scotrun, Skytop, Pocono Pines, Long Pond, 
  and Cresco.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 293 and 301.
	Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 5.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7512 4111 7512 4108 7517 4106 7527
      4105 7535 4105 7546 4107 7549 4114 7541
      4120 7537 4124 7535 4125 7513 4115 7516

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Staarmann
275 
WGUS71 KPHI 081855
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
255 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

PAC089-081905-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210608T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Monroe PA-
255 PM EDT Tue Jun 8 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 4115 7512 4111 7512 4108 7517 4106 7527
      4105 7535 4105 7546 4107 7549 4114 7541
      4120 7537 4124 7535 4125 7513 4115 7516

$$

Davis

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 11:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe2 hr
Jun 8, 12:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe35 min
Jun 8, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe21 min
Jun 8, 1:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester13 min
Jun 8, 1:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 8, 1:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware21 min
Jun 8, 1:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton3 hr
Jun 8, 1:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery5 hr
Jun 8, 2:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks23 min
Jun 8, 2:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks2 hr
Jun 8, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery32 min
Jun 8, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester30 min
Jun 8, 3:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester, Montgomery3 hr
Jun 8, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester32 min
Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester25 min
Jun 8, 4:25 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester11 hr
Jun 8, 6:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware15 hr
Jun 8, 7:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester, Delaware18 hr

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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.