Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 28, 1988Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Nov 28, 1988, 3:13 AM EST for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 1988, 3:13 AM EST (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Nov 28, 1988, 6:15 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, NJ

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 00:00Z on 1988-11-28Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Atlantic City In, NJ at 00:00Z on 1988-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 138 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
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 280815
FFWPHL
NJC021-281115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
313 AM EST MON NOV 28 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
          ...MERCER
 
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER MERCER COUNTY
OVERNIGHT.  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EARLY
THIS MORNING WHICH WILL ADD TO THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
 
AT 3AM...THE ASSUNPINK CREEK WAS AT 6.39 FEET AND RISING RAPIDLY.
FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. THE ASSUNPINK CREEK IS EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD
STAGE BY 5 AM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED COUNTY IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO FLOODING
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.
CLIMBING ATOP YOUR STALLED VEHICLE WILL NOT PREVENT YOU FROM
BEING SWEPT INTO DANGEROUS STREAM CONDITIONS AS WATER LEVELSA RISE.
 
STAUBER

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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.