Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2005, 5:37 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Morris County, Somerset 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
- Sep 14, 2005, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2005, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:23 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Scotch Plains, NJ | RAINFALL RATES OF GREATER THAN 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAUSED FLASH FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. AT LEAST ONE PERSON NEEDED TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR VEHICLE WHEN IT GOT TRAPPED IN QUICKLY RISING FLOOD WATERS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 142139 FFWPHI NJC023-027-035-150030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 537 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK EASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY EASTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 534 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES REPORTED AROUND THREE INCHES OF RAIN ALONG THE MIDDLESEX AND SOMERSET COUNTY BORDER WITH AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES IN SOUTHEAST MORRIS COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE REFORMING ALONG THE BORDER AND UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN OF LIKELY. POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AND SOME STREAMS MIGHT ALSO BEGIN FLOODING. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MIDDLESEX...MADISON...EAST HANOVER AND BOUND BROOK. 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. NEVER DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. LAT...LON 4039 7464 4029 7451 4088 7424 4097 7435 $$ 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.