Alert archive / New Jersey / Flood Watches in 2007
Flood Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Jan 7, 2007, 4:15 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 7, 2007, 3:25 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2007, 4:15 AM EST (09:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2007, 3:25 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2007, 9:59 AM EST
- In force
- 19 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 09:19 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 070915 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 415 AM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ010-015-017>019-PAZ067>071-072200- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0001.070108T0500Z-070108T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SOMERSET-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...SOMERVILLE... TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 415 AM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN... GLOUCESTER...MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SOMERSET. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE... MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LIFT INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA BY MIDDAY MONDAY. THE POTENT SYSTEM WILL PULL A GOOD DEAL OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AND DEPOSIT IT IN THE FORM OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY FROM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS ALSO ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES AND THEN LIFTS NORTH OF THE AREA. * OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS... CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. * A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS... CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS61 KPHI 072025 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 325 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 NJZ001-007>009-012-013-016-PAZ054-055-060>062-080930- /O.EXA.KPHI.FA.A.0001.070108T0500Z-070108T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM- CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...PENNSVILLE...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 325 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY... HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SALEM...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...CARBON...LEHIGH... MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON. * FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF COAST STATES THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIFT INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA BY MIDDAY MONDAY. THE POTENT SYSTEM WILL PULL A GOOD DEAL OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AND DEPOSIT IT IN THE FORM OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT SWITCHING FROM THE EAST THROUGH SOUTH BY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...AND THEN WESTERLY MONDAY GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH DURING THE DAY. * OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...A GOOD PART OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST INCLUDING THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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. $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ010-015-017>019-PAZ067>071-080930- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0001.070108T0500Z-070108T1700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SOMERSET-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...SOMERVILLE... TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 325 PM EST SUN JAN 7 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SOMERSET. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF COAST STATES THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIFT INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING...THEN CONTINUE NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA BY MIDDAY MONDAY. THE POTENT SYSTEM WILL PULL A GOOD DEAL OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF AND DEPOSIT IT IN THE FORM OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...MAINLY FROM TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT SWITCHING FROM THE EAST THROUGH SOUTH BY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...AND THEN WESTERLY MONDAY GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH DURING THE DAY. * OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...A GOOD PART OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST INCLUDING THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES WITH ISOLATED GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. THESE AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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. $$ EBERWINE/IOVINO
000 WGUS61 KPHI 080746 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 246 AM EST MON JAN 8 2007 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-081700- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070108T1700Z/ /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 246 AM EST MON JAN 8 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER... MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM... SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...CHESTER...DELAWARE... LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON AND PHILADELPHIA. * UNTIL NOON EST TODAY * LOW PRESSURE LOCATED NEAR THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN CANADA TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION BY MIDDAY TODAY. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TODAY...GUSTING TO NEAR 30 TO 40 MPH DURING THIS AFTERNOON. * OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...A GOOD PART OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT THE EXTREME NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST INCLUDING THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS...NORTHERN DELAWARE AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH ISOLATED GREATER AMOUNTS. THESE AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 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. $$ ROBERTSON
000 WGUS61 KPHI 081459 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 959 AM EST MON JAN 8 2007 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062- 067>071-081600- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-070108T1700Z/ /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 959 AM EST MON JAN 8 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. HOWEVER, THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. $$ NIERENBERG
Nearby
Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2007Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2007Flood Watches in Maryland, 2007Every flood watch 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.