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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 18, 2005Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2005, 3:17 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 2005, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2005, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 18, 3:45 PM EDTFLASH FLOODManahawkin, NJ4 FEET OF STANDING WATER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MILL CREEK ROAD AND RT. 72.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2005-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 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 2005-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1090 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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 181922
FFWPHI
NJC029-182215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
317 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 314 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN THE CEDAR CREEK AND MILL CREEK 
  WATERSHEDS IN SOUTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY. THESE WATERSHEDS ARE      
  LOCATED NEAR AND EAST OF MANAHAWKIN NEW JERSEY. DOPPLER RADAR      
  INDICATES MORE RAIN IS ON THE WAY.

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. TURN AROUND, DONT DROWN.


LAT...LON 3951 7438 3951 7422 3973 7411 3987 7441

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KPHI 182055
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

NJC029-182103-
OCEAN NJ-
453 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

WHILE WATER REMAINS PONDED IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY, 
THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION. WATER LEVELS SHOULD 
CONTINUE TO RECEDE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY HOURS. THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY HAS THEREFORE BEEN 
CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3951 7438 3951 7422 3973 7411 3987 7441

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 11:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.