Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2000, 8:40 PM EDT for Morris County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 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 11, 2000, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2000, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morris County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1395 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KPHI 120041 FFWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY, NJ 840 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2000 NJZ007-008-120306- MORRIS NJ-WARREN NJ- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. * AT 833 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN MORRIS AND WARREN COUNTIES REPORTED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS... * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... SUCCASUNNA... PARSIPPANY... OXFORD... MORRISTOWN... MADISON... LONG VALLEY... LAKE TELEMARK... HACKETTSTOWN... EAST HANOVER... DOVER... CHESTER... BUDD LAKE... BOONTON... BLAIRSTOWN... BELVIDERE... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. FOR THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION...PLEASE TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET. $$ RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 114 min |
| Jun 11, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 119 min |
| Jun 11, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 23 min |
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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.