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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 22, 2000Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 2000, 2:10 AM EST for Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 5 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
Mar 22, 2000, 2:10 AM EST (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2000, 7:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 2000-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2000-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 220714
FFWPHI
NJC007-221200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
210 AM EST WED MAR 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 700 AM EST.

* AT 200 AM EST...MINOR FLOODING WAS INDICATED ALONG THE COOPER
RIVER AT HADDONFIELD.  THE RIVER GAGE AT THAT LOCATION READ 2.9
FEET.  THE FLOOD STAGE IS 2.8 FEET.

RAINFALL OF OVER TWO INCHES IN THE REGION HAS RESULTED IN THE
FLOODING.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ABOUT ONE HALF INCH OVERNIGHT WILL
CAUSE THE COOPER RIVER TO RISE A LITTLE MORE BY DAYBREAK...PROBABLY
CRESTING AT HADDONFIELD AROUND 3.2 FEET.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.  THE WATER
MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.  YOU CAN
ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESS...WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI.

IOVINO/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.