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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 24, 2024Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey; Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2024, 12:07 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey; Montgomery County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2024, 12:07 PM EDT (16:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2024, 3:17 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 24, 12:42 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nw Cherry Hill Twp, NJFlooding on NJ 38 westbound from CR 626/Chapel Av (Cherry Hill Twp) to CR 625/Longwood Av (Cherry Hill Twp). All lanes closed.
Jul 24, 1:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Ne Belmont Hills, PAFlooded lanes on I-76/Schuylkill Expressway at Belmont Ave. Confirmed on PENNDOT traffic cameras.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 2024-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 253 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 2024-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

775 
WGUS51 KPHI 241607
FFWPHI
NJC005-007-PAC091-101-242015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0025.240724T1607Z-240724T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1207 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West Central Burlington County in southern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Camden County in southern New Jersey...
  South Central Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
  Northern Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 415 PM EDT.

* At 1207 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 
  to 2 inches in 1 hour. 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 may experience flash flooding include...
  Philadelphia neighborhoods near or north of the Vine Street 
  Expressway, the Schuylkill Expressway, Camden, Conshohocken, 
  Palmyra, Narberth, Kensington, Center City, Ben Franklin Bridge, 
  Germantown, Roxborough, Wissinoming and Chestnut Hill.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 15 and 19.
	Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 330 and 344.
	Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 21 and 29.
	Interstate 676 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 1.
	Interstate 676 in New Jersey between mile markers 2 and 4.
	Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 333 and 334.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4012 7528 4009 7522 4007 7519 4002 7500
      3998 7491 3993 7498 3989 7502 3991 7510
      3995 7516 3995 7520 3997 7528 3998 7528
      4002 7531 4002 7532 4006 7536 4010 7532

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Staarmann
3 follow-up statements
335 
WGUS71 KPHI 241707
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
107 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024

NJC005-007-PAC091-101-242015-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240724T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Burlington NJ-Camden NJ-Montgomery PA-Philadelphia PA-
107 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON, NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN, SOUTH 
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

At 107 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms 
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches 
of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 
1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in 
the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring on Route 38 in 
Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

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 may experience flash flooding include...
  Philadelphia neighborhoods near or north of the Vine Street 
  Expressway, the Schuylkill Expressway, Camden, Conshohocken, 
  Palmyra, Narberth, Kensington, Ben Franklin Bridge, Germantown, 
  Manayunk, Roxborough, Wissinoming, and Chestnut Hill.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 15 and 19.
	Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 330 and 344.
	Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 21 and 29.
	Interstate 676 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 1.
	Interstate 676 in New Jersey between mile markers 2 and 4.
	Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 333 and 334.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4012 7528 4009 7522 4007 7519 4002 7500
      3998 7491 3993 7498 3989 7502 3991 7510
      3995 7516 3995 7520 3997 7528 3998 7528
      4002 7531 4002 7532 4006 7536 4010 7532

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Staarmann
305 
WGUS71 KPHI 241718
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
118 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024

NJC005-007-PAC091-101-242015-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240724T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Burlington NJ-Camden NJ-Montgomery PA-Philadelphia PA-
118 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON, NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN, SOUTH 
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

At 118 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms 
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches 
of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 
1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in 
the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring on Route 38 in 
Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey, and on the Schuylkill Expressway 
near the Manayunk exit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

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 may experience flash flooding include...
  Philadelphia neighborhoods near or north of the Vine Street 
  Expressway, the Schuylkill Expressway, Camden, Conshohocken, 
  Palmyra, Narberth, Kensington, Ben Franklin Bridge, Germantown, 
  Manayunk, Roxborough, Wissinoming, and Chestnut Hill.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 15 and 19.
	Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 330 and 344.
	Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 21 and 29.
	Interstate 676 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 1.
	Interstate 676 in New Jersey between mile markers 2 and 4.
	Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 333 and 334.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 4012 7528 4009 7522 4007 7519 4002 7500
      3998 7491 3993 7498 3989 7502 3991 7510
      3995 7516 3995 7520 3997 7528 3998 7528
      4002 7531 4002 7532 4006 7536 4010 7532

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Staarmann
443 
WGUS71 KPHI 241917
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
317 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024

NJC005-007-PAC091-101-241927-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-240724T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Burlington NJ-Camden NJ-Montgomery PA-Philadelphia PA-
317 PM EDT Wed Jul 24 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON, 
NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN, SOUTH CENTRAL MONTGOMERY AND NORTHERN 
PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4012 7528 4009 7522 4007 7519 4002 7500
      3998 7491 3993 7498 3989 7502 3991 7510
      3995 7516 3995 7520 3997 7528 3998 7528
      4002 7531 4002 7532 4006 7536 4010 7532

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:45 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Jul 24, 8:57 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryPHI10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.