Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Watches in 2006
Flash Flood Watch 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood watch at Nov 15, 2006, 2:47 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 16, 2006, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 2006, 2:47 PM EST (19:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2006, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2006, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- None
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, 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 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 151947 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 247 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-017>019-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-161030- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0008.061116T1800Z-061117T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 247 PM EST WED NOV 15 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... 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 AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT * LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIFT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL PULL A DYNAMIC COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION ON THURSDAY NIGHT. IT WILL RESULT IN RAIN...POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS AND ASSOCIATED WINDS. * OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN...WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL IS FORECAST...AND UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT DEVELOP. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN SUDDEN FLOODING OF AREAS NOT NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. * WINDS WITH THE FRONT ARE FORECAST TO RANGE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH. HOWEVER...IF THUNDERSTORMS DO DEVELOP AND CAUSE WINDS ALOFT TO MIX TO THE SURFACE...STRONGER WIND GUSTS THAT COULD FELL TREES AND LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND SOME AREAS NOT NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. 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. $$ ROBERTSON/DELISI
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS61 KPHI 160915 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 415 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-017>019-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-162100- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0008.061116T1800Z-061117T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 415 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON 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 AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS... LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER... DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT * A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WILL LIFT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA BY LATE TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL PUSH A DYNAMIC COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION TONIGHT. IT WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS...POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. * OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL IS FORECAST...AND UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT DEVELOP. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND END BY MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN SUDDEN FLOODING OF AREAS NOT NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. UNLIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...THE HEAVY RAIN TODAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN A MORE CONCENTRATED PERIOD OF TIME...MUCH IF NOT ALL WITHIN SIX HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE FASTER RESPONSES BY THE SMALLER CREEKS IN THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND SOME AREAS NOT NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. 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. $$ TFG
000 WGUS61 KPHI 162039 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 339 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-017>019-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-170200- /O.EXT.KPHI.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-061117T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-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...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 339 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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 AND NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS... LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON AND MONROE IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER... DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING * A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WILL LIFT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA BY LATE TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT OUT WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. * OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL IS FORECAST...AND UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE WHERE ANY THUNDERSTORMS MIGHT DEVELOP. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR AND END BY MIDNIGHT. GIVEN THE SATURATED STATE OF THE GROUND...THESE AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND COULD ALSO RESULT IN SUDDEN FLOODING OF AREAS NOT NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. UNLIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF HEAVY RAIN EVENTS...THE HEAVY RAIN TODAY IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN A MORE CONCENTRATED PERIOD OF TIME...MUCH IF NOT ALL WITHIN FOUR TO SIX HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE FASTER RESPONSES BY THE SMALLER CREEKS IN THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS...AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE AND SOME AREAS NOT NORMALLY PRONE TO FLOODING. 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. $$
000 WGUS61 KPHI 170153 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 853 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-017>019-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-170300- /O.EXP.KPHI.FF.A.0008.000000T0000Z-061117T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 853 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE... NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY...AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL EXPIRE AT 9:00 PM EST THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER EASTERN OCEAN AND EASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY THROUGH 10:00 PM, BUT THESE ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING. THEY MAY, HOWEVER, PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS, IN LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND IN URBAN AREAS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 4:01 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 3:06 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 26 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.