Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2006, 9:54 AM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 reports 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 15, 2006, 9:54 AM EDT (13:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 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), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 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 15, 10:30 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.35 | 3 Se Beachwood, NJ | 5.35 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN BAYVILLE, WITH HEAVY RAIN STILL OCCURRING. ALSO, 1.00 INCH OF RAIN FELL IN JUST 20 MINUTES. |
| Sep 15, 10:55 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.3 | 4 Ssw Ocean, NJ | 6.30 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN LACEY TOWNSHIP. |
| Sep 15, 11:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.12 | 3 Se Beachwood, NJ | 6.12 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN BAYVILLE, WITH RAIN STILL OCCURRING. ALSO, 1.00 INCH OF RAIN FELL IN JUST 20 MINUTES. |
| Sep 15, 11:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Beachwood, NJ | FLOODING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL IN BAYVILLE. APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF WATER IN SOME HALLWAYS. BACKBAY AREAS REPORTEDLY WILL BE EVACUATED DUE TO THE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE. ALSO, SCHOOL WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. |
| Sep 15, 11:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Se Beachwood, NJ | FLOODING IN THE HIGH SCHOOL IN BAYVILLE. APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING DOWN THE HALLWAYS. BACKBAY AREAS REPORTEDLY WILL BE EVACUATED DUE TO THE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE. |
| Sep 15, 1:10 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 8.82 | 3 Se Beachwood, NJ | 8.82 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN BAYVILLE. |
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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 151359
FFWPHI
NJC029-151800-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
954 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
* NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 951 AM EDT...A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED MAJOR FLOODING IN
THE BAYVILLE AREA OF BERKELEY TOWNSHIP. AN AIRPORT OBSERVER
FROM PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS
ALSO OCCURRING IN TOMS RIVER. NUMEROUS UNDERPASSES
NEAR THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY WERE FLOODED WITH UP TO FIVE
FEET OF WATER. DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE REACHED
BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES IN THAT AREA.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
OCEAN COUNTY AND THESE STORMS TOO COULD DROP AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS THE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SEASIDE
HEIGHTS...PLEASANT PLAINS...MANTOLOKING...LEISURE VILLAGE...
LAKEWOOD...LAKEHURST...HOLIDAY CITY...CEDAR GLEN LAKES...BRICK
TOWNSHIP AND BEACHWOOD
* PLEASE AVOID TRAVELING INTO OR THROUGH THE BAYVILLE AREA OF
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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.
LAT...LON 3978 7440 3956 7419 4006 7398 4014 7444
3999 7446
$$
TFG2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KPHI 151509
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1103 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006
NJC029-151800-
OCEAN NJ-
1103 AM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR OCEAN
COUNTY...
AT 1100 AM EDT...THE OCEAN COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS
RECOMMENDING THAT ALL UNNECESSARY TRAVEL BE POSTPONED IN THE BERKELEY
AND LACEY TOWNSHIP AREAS. IN BERKELEY TOWNSHIP AVOID THE
PINEWALD-KESWICK ROAD AREA NEAR THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY BECAUSE OF
MAJOR FLOODING. NORMAL AREAS THAT FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAIN EVENTS HAVE
FLOODED.
SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 6.3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LACEY TOWNSHIP AND 5.35
INCHES IN BAYVILLE.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAYVILLE...
TOMS RIVER...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...PLEASANT PLAINS...MANTOLOKING...
LEISURE VILLAGE...LAKEWOOD...LAKEHURST...HOLIDAY CITY...
CEDAR GLEN LAKES...BRICK TOWNSHIP AND BEACHWOOD.
DOPPLER RADAR WAS STILL SHOWING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN OCEAN COUNTY
AND THIS HEAVY RAIN COULD PERSIST FOR ANOTHER ONE TO TWO HOURS ESPECIALLY
FROM BERKELEY TOWNSHIP SOUTHWARD. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO AFFECT LONG
BEACH ISLAND AND IS ALREADY AFFECTING HEAVILY TRAVELED NEW JERSEY STATE
ROUTE 72.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 3978 7440 3956 7419 4006 7398 4014 7444
3999 7446
$$
TFG000
WGUS71 KPHI 151657
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1250 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006
NJC029-151800-
OCEAN NJ-
1250 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR OCEAN
COUNTY...
AT 1243 PM EDT...RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS EIGHT INCHES WERE REPORTED
ON LONG BEACH ISLAND. TRAVEL IS CURRENTLY NOT POSSIBLE ONTO OR OFF OF
LONG BEACH ISLAND. AMOUNTS EXCEEDING SIX INCHES HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED
FROM BERKELEY...LACEY AND STAFFORD TOWNSHIPS.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BAYVILLE...
SEASIDE HEIGHTS...PLEASANT PLAINS...MANTOLOKING...LEISURE VILLAGE...
LAKEWOOD...HOLIDAY CITY...BRICK TOWNSHIP AND BEACHWOOD.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG
THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND ON LONG BEACH ISLAND.
IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO POSTPONE ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL
ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF OCEAN COUNTY INCLUDING TAKING
NEW JERSEY STATE ROUTE 72 AND THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY.
HIGH TIDES ALONG THE OCEAN SIDE WILL ARRIVE AROUND 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL TAKE UNTIL 7 PM TO REACH THROUGH BARNEGAT BAY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
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.
LAT...LON 3978 7440 3956 7419 4006 7398 4011 7427
3995 7432
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 8:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Ocean | 3 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.