Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2001

Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 17, 2001Mercer County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2001, 8:35 AM EDT for Mercer County, Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 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 17, 2001, 8:35 AM EDT (12:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2001, 12:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2001-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1061 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1061 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
519 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 171238
FFWPHI
NJC021-023-035-171630-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
835 AM EDT SUN JUN 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1230 PM EDT.

* AT 830 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.  RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO
FOUR INCHES WERE COMMON IN MERCER...SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES
SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WILL
LIKELY FALL DURING THE BALANCE OF THIS MORNING.

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.

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

$$

LAT...LON 4054 7428 4028 7447 4029 7470 4070 7473


IOVINO/QUAGLIARIELLO/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 3:47 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris88 min
Jun 17, 7:00 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon3 hr
Jun 17, 9:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth3 hr
Jun 17, 10:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Ocean3 hr
Jun 17, 12:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth115 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2001Every flash flood warning in 2001

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.