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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 24, 2006Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD3 N Pitman, NJROAD 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 322 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 4:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth4 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.