Alert archive / New Jersey / Flood Watches in 2006
Flood Watch 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Apr 22, 2006, 3:04 PM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2006, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2006, 9:36 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 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 221904 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 304 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 NJZ001-007>010-012-015-230315- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0003.060422T1904Z-060423T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON 304 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER. IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON... MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO MONDAY. AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH OUR AREA ON SUNDAY. WHILE THIS COMPLEX SCENARIO UNFOLDS, A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT AND ENHANCE RAINFALL TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION. * RAIN WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH EARLY ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. A 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. $$ KRUZDLO
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS61 KPHI 230149 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 949 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 NJZ001-007>010-012-015-231000- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-060423T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON 949 PM EDT SAT APR 22 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. * THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING * LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO MONDAY. AN ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL TRACK THROUGH OUR AREA ON SUNDAY. WHILE THIS COMPLEX SCENARIO UNFOLDS...A SECONDARY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ON THE FRONT AND ENHANCE RAINFALL OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC REGION. * RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. $$
000 WGUS61 KPHI 230812 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 412 AM EDT SUN APR 23 2006 NJZ001-007>010-012-015-231500- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-060423T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON 412 AM EDT SUN APR 23 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...MERCER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS... SOMERSET...SUSSEX AND WARREN. * UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING * A COMPLEX FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SOME HEAVY RAIN TO AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA THIS MORNING. * RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH 400 AM EDT RANGED FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH LATE MORNING, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OVER LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA. A 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. $$ MPD
000 WGUS61 KPHI 231336 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 935 AM EDT SUN APR 23 2006 NJZ001-007>010-012-015-231445- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.A.0003.000000T0000Z-060423T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON 935 AM EDT SUN APR 23 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN CANCELED. HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION AND THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT FOR FLOODING. $$ RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 44 min |
Nearby
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.