Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2006, 6:17 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 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
- Jun 24, 2006, 6:17 PM EDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2006, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Pitman, NJ | ROAD FLOODING IN SEWELL. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KPHI 242219 FFWPHI NJC005-007-015-250215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 617 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER THREE INCHES AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BERLIN... WILLIAMSTOWN...PRESIDENTIAL LAKES...LEISURETOWNE...GLASSBORO... CLAYTON...CHESILHURST AND BROWNS MILLS A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. LAT...LON 4007 7466 3972 7533 3960 7508 3993 7449 $$ SZATKOWSKI
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KPHI 250116 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 912 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 NJC005-007-015-250122- CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BURLINGTON NJ- 912 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BURLINGTON...GLOUCESTER AND CAMDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. LIGHTER SHOWERS CONTINUE IN THE AREA BUT ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO PRESENT THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. LAT...LON 4007 7466 3972 7533 3960 7508 3993 7449 $$ SZATKOWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.