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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 3:45 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manahawkin, NJ | 4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 11:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 4 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.