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733 AWUS01 KWNH 142302 FFGMPD MAZ000-CTZ000-NYZ000-NJZ000-PAZ000-DEZ000-MDZ000-VAZ000-DCZ000-WVZ000-150500- Mesoscale Precipitation Discussion 0689 NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 701 PM EDT Mon Jul 14 2025 Areas affected...Central and Northern Mid Atlantic Concerning...Heavy rainfall...Flash flooding likely Valid 142300Z - 150500Z SUMMARY...Widespread flash flooding concerns will continue through much of the Mid Atlantic with a threat of significant flash flooding across the urban centers from Richmond to New York City. DISCUSSION...Current radar mosaic across the Northeast and Mid Atlantic U.S. indicates quite a robust convective footprint situated southwest to northeast ahead of a trough just east of Lake Erie. A strong line of thunderstorms currently extends from northern VA up through southern PA in the central Mid Atlantic with a relatively robust multi-cell cluster bisecting eastern PA up through northern NJ and the Lower Hudson Valley in NY. PWATs between 1.8-2.2" have plagued the Mid Atlantic and continue to be a focal point for the heavy convective pattern leading to widespread flash flood issuance`s through the course of the afternoon. Hourly rates between 2-3"/hr have been the reason for such a broad scope of impact as the environment has amplified the convective regime throughout the course of the day with the threat now carrying through this evening. Despite the loss of a traditional diurnal heat flux, remnant cold pools scattered through a slowly weakening thermodynamic environment will still act as a focus mechanism for convection, especially within the well-defined multi-cell clusters in place over northeast PA, northern NJ, and Lower Hudson of NY. Further south, expect the current line of convection to continue progression to the east with the line holding together beyond the DC/Balt/Phi metro before fading as it encounters a bit more stable air closer to the Atlantic. Further south into VA, thunderstorms over the Shenandoah will eject eastward through the central portion of the state, but will likely hold together through cold pool maturation and encountering the most favorable thermodynamic corridor along the eastern seaboard (3000-4000 J/kg MUCAPE from the Potomac down through southern VA). Recent HRRR/RRFS trends have been favoring the triangle between DC/Lynchburg/Williamsburg and the area across northern NJ as the greatest threats for heavy nocturnal convection with totals between 2-4", locally higher anticipated in these respective zones. This is a strong correlation with 18z HREF neighborhood probs for >2"/6-hrs. hovering between 60-80% for southern zone with >80% depicted across all of northern NJ. These signals are coincident with some of the more significant flash flood potential, even some prospects for life-threatening flash flooding, especially in those more urbanized areas where run off capabilities are maximized. There is potential for some of the heavier rainfall to extend into New York City proper which could lead to an elevated flash flood risk with even potential for significant flash flooding in spots across the metro. Best chances will occur in the first few hrs. of the threat window, but totals exceeding 2" in a short span of time could easily occur in the window. This is a quickly evolving scenario across area. Kleebauer ...Please see www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov for graphic product... ATTN...WFO...AKQ...ALY...BGM...BOX...CTP...LWX...OKX...PHI... RLX...RNK... ATTN...RFC...ALR...RHA...TAR...TIR...NWC... LAT...LON 42267414 42227383 42097356 41977334 41857318 41557287 41357292 40957330 40687353 40467371 40097399 39897400 39687420 39577437 39437480 39327503 39147527 38967553 38777563 38587566 38457570 38227578 38027589 37817601 37697605 37327631 37077654 36957683 36857726 36787752 36727787 36737834 36747873 36867923 36927979 37117995 37478008 37808010 38198000 38467966 38717921 38987884 39037869 39097812 39187788 39287757 39417735 39427726 39537691 39817648 40217625 40507607 41017588 41497539 41837484 42227434