Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Watches in 2006
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood watch at Jun 2, 2006, 12:02 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Jun 2, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2006, 12:02 PM EDT (16:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 2, 2006, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2006, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- None
All 21 counties
New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS61 KPHI 021602 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1202 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-030015- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0001.060602T1800Z-060603T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 1202 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE... NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER AND WESTERN MONMOUTH IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON... MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE... MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE MID ATLANTIC THIS EVENING AND THEN STALL...ALLOWING A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO RIDE ALONG THE FRONT. THE AIR ACROSS NEW JERSEY...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... DELAWARE...AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS... AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. NUMEROUS SUCH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CROSS THE SAME AREA...ENHANCING THE FLOOD THREAT. A FLOOD FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$ HTS
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS61 KPHI 022041 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 441 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-030445- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060603T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 441 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER AND WESTERN MONMOUTH IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE MID ATLANTIC THIS EVENING AND THEN STALL...ALLOWING A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TO RIDE ALONG THE FRONT. THE AIR ACROSS NEW JERSEY...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... DELAWARE...AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND IS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO FORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS... AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. NUMEROUS SUCH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CROSS THE SAME AREA...ENHANCING THE FLOOD THREAT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$ HTS
000 WGUS61 KPHI 030137 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 937 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-030945- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060603T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 937 PM EDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER AND WESTERN MONMOUTH IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY * AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE NEAR WASHINGTON DC WILL TRACK NORTH ACROSS NEW JERSEY OVERNIGHT ALONG A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE AIR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS WARM AND UNSTABLE.... SUPPORTING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOCAL RAINFALL OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS... STREAMS... AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. NUMEROUS SUCH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CROSS THE SAME AREA...ENHANCING THE FLOOD THREAT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$ HTS
000 WGUS61 KPHI 030900 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 500 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-031000- /O.CAN.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-060603T1000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 500 AM EDT SAT JUN 3 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND... EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF TO SHOWERS AND NO NEW FLOODING IS EXPECTED. FOR THIS REASON, THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ KRUZDLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 116 min | |
| Jun 1, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 34 min |
| Jun 1, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 91 min | |
| Jun 1, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 69 min |
| Jun 1, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 91 min | |
| Jun 2, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 11:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 27 min |
| Jun 2, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 75 min |
| Jun 1, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cecil | 35 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2006Flash Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2006Flash Flood Watches in Delaware, 2006Every flash flood watch 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.