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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 6, 2002Atlantic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2002, 6:24 PM EDT for Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was in force for 111 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 6, 2002, 6:24 PM EDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

County Atlantic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2002-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 326 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2002-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1175 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 062224
FFWPHI
NJC001-070015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
624 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.

* AT 618 PM EDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED FLOODING ALONG
THE ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY NEAR HAMMONTON TOWNSHIP. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.50 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 515 TO 615 PM...
AND MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TRAVELING NORTHEAST AT
20 MILES AN THROUGH ATLANTIC COUNTY DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

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...OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION OUTLET.

$$

LAT...LON 3947 7433 3928 7460 3950 7496 3969 7477

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 5, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 5, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 5, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 6, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester42 min
Jun 6, 2:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jun 6, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI33 min
Jun 6, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Jun 6, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May61 min
Jun 6, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 6, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean48 min
Jun 6, 5:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIOcean2 hr
Jun 6, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI42 min
Jun 6, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Gloucester46 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jun 6, 6:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI51 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 6, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May40 min
Jun 6, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Jun 6, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.