Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995

Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 11, 1995Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Nov 11, 1995, 11:56 PM EST for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 1995, 11:56 PM EST (04:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 1995, 2:00 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 00:00Z on 1995-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 1995-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 489 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
518 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 120458
FFWPHL
NJC035-120700-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1156 PM EST SAT NOV 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  NEW JERSEY
 
   ...SOMERSET COUNTY
 
THE SOMERSET AUTOMATIC FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM SHOWS RAINFALL THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE AUTOAMTIC STREAM GAGES ON MANY OF THE
SMALL TRIBUTARIES ARE SHOWING RAPID RISES TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE.
 
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  THE DEPTH OF THE
WATER MAY BE HIGHER THAN YOU THINK.  RAPIDLY RISING WATERS CAN
QUICKLY ENGULF YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS.
REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
 
AVOID AREAS WHICH ARE PRONE TO FLOODING.  BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS
AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO RECOGNIZE FLOOD DANGERS.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE FLOOD WARNING.
 
WN

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.