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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 1, 1997Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 1997, 5:27 PM EDT for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 1997, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1997, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 12:00Z on 1997-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 209 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 1997-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
209 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPHL 012125
FFWPHL
NJC005-029-012230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHILADELPHIA/MOUNT HOLLY NJ
527 PM EDT MON SEP 1 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN  NEW JERSEY

   ...SOUTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
   ...OCEAN COUNTY
 
RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 3.00 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST
HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH
ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH 630 PM AND MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER COUPLE
OF INCHES OF RAIN...RESULTING IN URBAN AND STREET FLOODING...AS
WELL AS SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY...BEFORE YOUR ACCESS IS CUT OFF BY RISING FLOOD WATERS.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. RAPIDLY RISING WATERS CAN QUICKLY ENGULF
YOUR VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS...ABANDON IT
AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND QUICKLY.

FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

JONES

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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.