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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 14, 2004Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2004, 5:17 PM EDT for Salem 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 as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2004, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Salem County, NJ

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-233 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 142119
FFWPHI
NJC033-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
517 PM EDT WED JUL 14 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
  INDICATED THAT UP TO 2.4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE 
  PAST HOUR AROUND THE ALLOWAY CREEK AREA. ADDITIONAL 
  HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
  COUNTY AND SHOULD START FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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 3964 7545 3946 7542 3958 7518 3972 7546

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 2:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon53 min
Jul 14, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset55 min
Jul 14, 3:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Monmouth77 days
Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem60 min
Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISomerset56 min
Jul 14, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem56 min
Jul 14, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningPHICumberland, Salem35 min
Jul 14, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington64 min
Jul 14, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer52 min
Jul 14, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland65 min
Jul 14, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May53 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.