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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 17, 1996Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 1996, 10:15 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1996, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1996, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1996-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 453 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 1996-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 180218
FFWPHL
NJC021-180500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1015 PM EDT MON JUN 17 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS
ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT EARLY
TUESDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  NEW JERSEY

   ...MERCER COUNTY

     AT 10 PM THE GAGE ON THE ASSUNPINK CREEK IN TRENTON NEW JERSEY WAS
READING 6.2 FEET.  FLOOD STAGE IN 7 FEET.  THE WATER IS EXPECTED TO
CREST AT 7 TO 8 FEET BEFORE 1 AM TUESDAY MORNING.
     THE CREEK LEVEL IS RISING IN RESPONSE TO AROUND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN EARLIER IN THE EVENING.  HEAVY RAIN HAS NOW ENDED IN THE
ASSUNPINK BASIN ALTHOUGH A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.

     REMEMBER...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE
WATERMAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.  RISING WATERS CAN QUICKLY ENGULF
YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS.

SP

Nearby

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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.