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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 17, 2000Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Dec 17, 2000, 11:50 AM EST for Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2000, 11:50 AM EST (16:50 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 2000, 3:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:50 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2000-12-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-12-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 582 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
603 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 171654
FFWPHI
NJC023-035-172000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1150 AM EST SUN DEC 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED
THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 3 PM EST.

* AT 1150 AM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER
  AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT IS MOVING THROUGH MIDDLESEX
  AND EASTERN SOMERSET COUNTIES.

SMALL STREAMS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE.

REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

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

LAT...LON 4044 7457 4031 7441 4056 7404 4072 7425

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 6:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren3 hr
Dec 17, 7:42 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer3 hr
Dec 17, 7:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden35 min
Dec 17, 9:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem35 min
Dec 17, 10:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr
Dec 17, 11:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer3 hr
Dec 17, 11:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren3 hr
Dec 17, 11:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex28 min
Dec 17, 12:26 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean34 min
Dec 17, 12:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.