Alert archive / New Jersey / Flood Watches in 2007
Flood Watch 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Feb 13, 2007, 3:46 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 14, 2007, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2007, 3:46 PM EST (20:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2007, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2007, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- 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, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 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 132046 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 346 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-013-015>019-PAZ070-071-141100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0002.070214T1400Z-070215T0200Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEW BRUNSWICK... FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA 346 PM EST TUE FEB 13 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... 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...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... SALEM AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL WEAKEN AND RECONSTITUTE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TUESDAY NIGHT, THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW, WHICH INITIALLY WAS EITHER SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE REGION, IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN BY OR SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. * THE RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY ON WEDNESDAY AS THE INTENSIFYING LOW BRINGS GULF MOISTURE NORTH. ONE AND ONE-HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL. THAT RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH ANY MELTING SNOW OR ICE ON THE GROUND TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF, AND THAT RUNOFF LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABSORBED TO ANY GREAT DEGREE BY THE LARGELY FROZEN GROUND. FLOODING OF STREAMS, CREEKS, AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY RESULT. MOREOVER, IF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER, THE RUNOFF WOULD EXACERBATE IT. 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/DELISI
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS61 KPHI 141013 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 513 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-013-015>019-PAZ070-071-142200- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0002.070214T1400Z-070215T0200Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEW BRUNSWICK... FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA 513 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... 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...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM 9 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING * LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW...WHICH WAS MAINLY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING...MAY CHANGE TO RAIN OVER AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA. * FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY TODAY AS THE INTENSIFYING LOW BRINGS GULF MOISTURE NORTH. SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE ONE AND ONE-HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. THAT MAY COMBINE WITH ANY MELTING SNOW OR ICE ON THE GROUND TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE RUNOFF...AND THAT RUNOFF LIKELY WILL NOT BE ABSORBED TO ANY GREAT DEGREE BY THE LARGELY FROZEN GROUND. FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY RESULT. 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. $$ OHARA/DELISI
000 WGUS61 KPHI 141500 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1000 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN WAS EAST OF THE WATCH AREA... DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-013-015>019-PAZ070-071-141600- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-070215T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE- CECIL-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEW BRUNSWICK... FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA 959 AM EST WED FEB 14 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT BUT REMAINED JUST TO THE EAST OF THE WATCH AREA. FARTHER WEST, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WATCH, THE PRECIPITATION IS FROZEN. $$ EBERWINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 5:05 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 35 hr |
| Feb 13, 5:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:07 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 13 hr |
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.