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Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 27, 20065 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2006, 10:14 PM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2006, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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 00:00Z on 2006-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 874 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2006-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
874 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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 280214
FFWPHI
NJC001-005-007-015-029-280415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1014 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1011 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WILLIAMSTOWN...WHARTON STATE FOREST...VICTORY LAKES...
  TURNERSVILLE...TUCKERTON...SURF CITY...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...OCEAN
  ACRES...NORTH BEACH HAVEN...MULLICA HILL...HARVEY CEDARS...
  HAMMONTON...GLASSBORO...FORKED RIVER...FOLSOM...CLAYTON...
  CHESILHURST...CHATSWORTH...BERLIN...BEACHWOOD...BEACH HAVEN WEST...
  BATSTO...BARNEGAT LIGHT AND BARNEGAT

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

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.

LAT...LON 3954 7500 3956 7465 3957 7417 3975 7403
      3996 7408 3984 7485 3971 7530

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jul 27, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem40 min
Jul 27, 10:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden56 min
Jul 27, 10:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jul 28, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem56 min
Jul 28, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington65 min
Jul 28, 12:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester3 hr
Jul 28, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester56 min
Jul 28, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington53 min
Jul 28, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean73 min
Jul 28, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset47 min
Jul 28, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Jul 28, 4:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jul 28, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May41 min
Jul 28, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI25 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.