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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 5, 1992Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 1992, 11:10 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1992, 11:10 PM EDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1992, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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 1992-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 281 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
281 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 060311 RRA
FFWPHL
NJC021-060900-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA PA
1110 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL NEW JERSEY

   ...MERCER COUNTY

THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ASSUNPINK CREEK IN MERCER COUNTY
HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 AM EDT SATURDAY. AT 1100 PM A RIVER GAGE
REPORTED THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT 7.40 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE FOR
THE ASSUNPINK IS 7 FT.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE THE ASSUNPINK TO

CONTINUE TO RISE THROUGH AT LEAST 2 AM EDT SAT REACHING AS
HIGH AS 8 FT.

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 LEVELS RwISE.

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden3 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.