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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2000Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2000, 9:11 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 114 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
Jun 11, 2000, 9:11 PM EDT (01:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2000, 11:05 PM EDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Sussex County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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°0°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 120112
FFWPHI
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY, NJ
911 PM EDT SUN JUN 11 2000

NJC037-120305-
SUSSEX NJ-

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 1105 PM EDT SUNDAY...

AT 9:11 PM EDT SUNDAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
ESTIMATES THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN LESS THAN AN
HOUR. THIS IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF DITCHES AND
CREEKS...AS WELL AS SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT.
MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT CROSS
BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.  IMMEDIATELY
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE RISING WATER.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI.

$$

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, 8:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Warren2 hr
Jun 11, 9:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex119 min
Jun 11, 9:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon23 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.