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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 27, 2007Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2007, 4:53 AM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 27, 2007, 4:59 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2007, 4:53 AM EDT (08:53 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2007, 4:59 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2007-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 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 270859
FFWPHI
NJC019-035-271200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
453 AM EDT FRI APR 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 800 AM EDT

* AT 453 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE ORGANIZED HEAVY
  RAIN WAS OVER, BUT FLOODING WAS STILL ONGOING. DOPPLER RADAR
  STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES FELL IN A BAND FROM STOCKTON
  TO EAST AMWELL IN HUNTERDON COUNTY AND BRANCHBURG TO WARREN IN
  SOMERSET COUNTY. ONGOING FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE STONY
  BROOK IN SOMERSET COUNTY. EVACUATIONS HAVE OCCURRED IN 
  BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP IN SOMERSET COUNTY.  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO STOCKTON...
  SOMERVILLE...MANVILLE...BRIDGEWATER...FLEMINGTON AND BOUND BROOK

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED 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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4062 7442 4056 7453 4053 7451 4053 7452
      4037 7492 4039 7496 4046 7504 4064 7453
      4064 7452 4066 7448 4065 7444 4066 7440

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 2:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset3 hr
Apr 27, 8:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset97 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.