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Areal Flood Advisory 34, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 28, 2008Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 28, 2008, 11:30 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2008, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired: Sep 29, 2008, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Sep 28, 7:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 7:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 9:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 6:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
621 PM EDT SUN SEP 28 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     FLOOD            BETHLEHEM               40.63N 75.37W
09/28/2008                   NORTHAMPTON        PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SOME FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ROADS WAS
            REPORTED IN THE BETHLEHEM AREA. ALSO, THERE WAS SOME
            MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE MONOCACY CREEK.

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      FERNDALE                40.53N 75.18W
09/28/2008                   BUCKS              PA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL ROADS REPORTED TO BE WASHED OUT IN NOCKAMIXON
            TOWNSHIP, INCLUDING PORTIONS OF ROUTE 611 NORTH OF ROUTE
            412. ALSO, A SMALL STREAM OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS AND
            FLOODED A YARD.

0443 PM     HEAVY RAIN       PHILADELPHIA            40.01N 75.13W
09/28/2008  M1.17 INCH       PHILADELPHIA       PA   ASOS

            1.17 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED AT THE NORTHEAST
            PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT IN 30 MINUTES.

0515 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NW CROSSWICKS         40.18N 74.68W
09/28/2008  M1.50 INCH       MERCER             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.50 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN 20 MINUTES NEAR
            YARDVILLE.

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ROBERTSON/GORSE

Local storm report, Sep 28, 8:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 28, 9:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 28, 8:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Middlesex	117 min
Sep 28, 9:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monmouth	116 min
Sep 29, 6:40 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean	11 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in New Jersey, 2008 Every areal flood advisory in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.