Alert archive / New Jersey / Flood Watches in 2007
Flood Watch 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flood watch at Jun 3, 2007, 4:20 AM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey; New Castle County, Delaware; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 3, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2007, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2007, 8:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- None
Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 030820 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 420 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE REGION... .THE REMNANTS OF ONCE TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY. DEZ001-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-032015- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.A.0006.070603T2200Z-070604T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER- SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 420 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN... GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...SALEM...SOMERSET AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE... MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAINS SPREADING NORTH ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL REACH ACROSS NORTHEAST MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY BY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE CENTER OF ONCE TROPICAL STORM BARRY MOVES NORTH, SO WILL THE BANDS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAVIEST WILL FALL THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE WATCH AREA, THEN EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY FARTHER NORTH. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE A WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCHES, BUT ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. ONE WAY TO KEEP ABREAST OF EXISTING AND FORECASTED WATER CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS TO MONITOR THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND MENU. $$ EBERWINE
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS61 KPHI 031444 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1044 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE REGION... .THE REMNANTS OF ONCE TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. DEZ001-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-040000- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.070603T2200Z-070604T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER- SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 1044 AM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... SALEM...SOMERSET AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE ONE TO TWO INCHES...BUT ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING THREE OR FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. ONE WAY TO KEEP ABREAST OF EXISTING AND FORECASTED WATER CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS TO MONITOR THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND MENU. $$
000 WGUS61 KPHI 032000 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 400 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE REGION... .THE REMNANTS OF ONCE TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DEZ001-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-040400- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.070603T2200Z-070604T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER- SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 400 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BUCKS, MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA, FOR THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, MERCER, INLAND MONMOUTH, NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER AND SALEM, AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE. * THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES, BUT ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING THREE OR FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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, KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. ONE WAY TO KEEP ON TOP OF EXISTING AND FORECAST CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS TO MONITOR THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND MENU. $$
000 WGUS61 KPHI 040040 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 840 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE REGION... .THE REMNANTS OF ONCE TROPICAL STORM BARRY WILL SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVERNIGHT. DEZ001-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-041200- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-070604T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER- SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 840 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BUCKS, MONTGOMERY, CHESTER, DELAWARE AND PHILADELPHIA, FOR THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX, INLAND MONMOUTH, MERCER, NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER AND SALEM, AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN DELAWARE. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY. * RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION OVERNIGHT. * RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE GENERALLY ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES, BUT ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING THREE OR FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA, KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. ONE WAY TO KEEP ON TOP OF EXISTING AND FORECAST CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS TO MONITOR THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND MENU. $$
000 WGUS61 KPHI 040804 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 404 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY MORNING... .THE LAST OF THE HEAVY RAIN MOVING ONSHORE FROM DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY AND MAY MOVE OVER THE WATCH AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. DEZ001-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-041200- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-070604T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER- SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 404 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... SALEM...SOMERSET AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING * THE LAST OF THE HEAVY RAINS WAS MOVING ONSHORE FROM COASTAL DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY. THE AREA WILL MOVE INLAND BEFORE MOVING NORTH AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW APPROACHES THE COAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. * RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE BEEN GENERALLY AN INCH BUT SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY TWO INCHES IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND DELAWARE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THE HOURLY RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM THE RAIN APPROACHING THE COAST IS GENERALLY ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH POCKETS OF ONE AND A QUARTER TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES. IF THIS RAIN DOES NOT MOVE OVER THE FLOOD WATCH REGION, THE WATCH WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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... KEEP INFORMED AND BE READY FOR ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. ONE WAY TO KEEP ON TOP OF EXISTING AND FORECAST CONDITIONS ON WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE REGION IS TO MONITOR THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ AVAILABLE ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. JUST CLICK THE AHPS ICON ON THE LEFT HAND MENU. $$ EBERWINE
000 WGUS61 KPHI 041202 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 802 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2007 DEZ001-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>019-PAZ067>071-041315- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.A.0006.000000T0000Z-070604T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER- SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 802 AM EDT MON JUN 4 2007 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE RAIN HAS BECOME MORE SCATTERED, AND THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN CLOSER TO THE JERSEY SHORE AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. AS A RESULT, THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:10 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 24 hr |
Nearby
Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2007Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2007Flood Watches in Delaware, 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.