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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2000Morris County, Warren County, New Jersey

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2000-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2000-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Warren2 hr
Jun 11, 9:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex114 min
Jun 11, 9:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex119 min
Jun 11, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon23 min

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.