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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 20, 2025Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT for Caroline County, Queen Anne's County, Maryland. 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
Aug 20, 2025, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2025, 9:18 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Caroline County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2025-08-20Temperature 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 2025-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

518 
WGUS51 KPHI 202300
FFWPHI
MDC011-035-210300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0095.250820T2300Z-250821T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
700 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Caroline County in eastern Maryland...
  South Central Queen Anne's County in northeastern Maryland...

* Until 1100 PM EDT.

* At 700 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in 
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  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...
  Ridgely, Queen Anne, Starr, Wye Mills, Jumptown, Queenstown and 
  Hillsboro.

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 3893 7615 3895 7617 3897 7617 3902 7614
      3901 7601 3897 7585 3893 7586 3890 7589
      3891 7595 3892 7594 3892 7595 3894 7609
      3894 7610 3893 7611

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

$$

Hoeflich
1 follow-up statement
028 
WGUS71 KPHI 210118
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
918 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

MDC011-035-210128-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0095.000000T0000Z-250821T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Caroline MD-Queen Anne's MD-
918 PM EDT Wed Aug 20 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CAROLINE AND SOUTH 
CENTRAL QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTIES...

The earlier slow moving showers and thunderstorms continue to 
weaken. Any flooding will continue to recede.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 7615 3895 7617 3897 7617 3902 7614
      3901 7601 3897 7585 3893 7586 3890 7589
      3891 7595 3892 7594 3892 7595 3894 7609
      3894 7610 3893 7611

$$

Gorse

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 4:15 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot4 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Maryland, 2025Every flash flood warning in 2025

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.