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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 13, 20049 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2004, 12:40 AM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 78 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2004, 12:40 AM EDT (04:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2004, 1:45 AM EDT
In force: 78 days
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 641 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 130447
FFWPHI
NJC005-130700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1240 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 300 AM EDT

* AT MIDNIGHT EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN CENTRAL NEW 
  JERSEY. 

* RESIDENTS CONTIGUOUS TO THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE RANCOCAS CREEK ARE 
  ADVISED TO EVACUATE DUE TO RISING WATERS IN THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC
  LOCATIONS. 1. HAYNES CREEK LANE. 2. LAKE COTOXEN AREA. 
  3. CAMP DARK WATER. 4. NEW FREEDOM ROAD BETWEEN TOLKIEN PASSAGE
  AND RUSHMORE DRIVE.

  ALL RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO PROCEED TO LENAPE HIGH SCHOOL.  ANYONE 
  NEEDING TRANSPORTATION, PLEASE CONTACT 609.654.7511.

  OAK LAKES DEVELOPMENT IN THE FOLLOWING AREA, ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE, 
  ELM DRIVE, ELM COURT, CEDAR TRAIL, TAUNTON ROAD FROM CEDAR TO 
  HIMMELEIN ROAD, NORTH LAKE SIDE DRIVE AND HIMMELEIN ROAD SPUR.

  RESIDENTS MAY REPORT TO CRANBERRY PINES SCHOOL IN FAIRVIEW ROAD OR 
  TAUNTON FORGE SCHOOL ON EVERGREEN DRIVE.

LAT...LON 3986 7480 3978 7465 3974 7455 3985 7450
      3998 7465

$$

RNS

THIS MESSAGE AND EVACUATION REQUESTS ARE BEING SENT AT THE REQUEST 
OF THE NEW JERSEY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.
MANAGEMENT. 

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 282346
FFWPHI
NJC019-021-023-025-027-035-037-041-290545-
/X.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0022.040928T2341Z-040929T0545Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
741 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED 
OR EXTENDED THE 

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MERCER COUNTY 
  MONMOUTH COUNTY
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY 
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PERTH AMBOY...NEW BRUNSWICK
  MORRIS COUNTY 
  SOMERSET COUNTY 
  HUNTERDON COUNTY 
  SUSSEX COUNTY 
  EASTERN WARREN 

* UNTIL 145 AM EDT

* AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. 
  NUMEROUS STREAMS WERE FLOODING AND THERE ALSO WAS POOR DRAINAGE
  FLOODING. SIGNIFICANT RISES ARE EXPECTED WITH MAIN STEM RIVERS
  ESPECIALLY IN THE RARITAN BASIN. PLEASE BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
  RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS LATER THIS EVENING.  
 
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WHITE HOUSE STATION...WEST FREEHOLD...TWIN
  RIVERS...TINTON FALLS...SUSSEX...STANHOPE...
  SOMERVILLE...SAYREVILLE...ROCKY HILL...
  RED BANK...PRINCETON...PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP...
  PENNINGTON...PARSIPPANY...OXFORD...
  MORRISTOWN...MILLSTONE...MIDDLESEX...
  MADISON...LONG VALLEY...LINCROFT...LEBANON...
  TELEMARK...LAKE MOHAWK...KINNELON...
  JAMESBURG...HOPEWELL...HOPATCONG...
  GLEN GARDNER...FRANKLIN...FLEMINGTON...
  HANOVER...EAST FREEHOLD...EAST BRUNSWICK...
  COLONIA...CLEARBROOK PARK...CHESTER...
  LAKE...BRANCHVILLE...BOUND BROOK...BOONTON...
  

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 4031 7481 4014 7396 4100 7432 4129 7469
      4076 7509

$$

TFG

Nearby

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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.