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Areal Flood Advisory 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 28, 2008Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Oct 28, 2008, 11:06 AM EDT for Middlesex County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 28, 2008, 11:06 AM EDT (15:06 UTC)
Expired
Oct 28, 2008, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 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 Oct 28, 9:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 28, 9:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 28, 9:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 28, 6:28 AM EDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 AM EDT TUE OCT 28 2008

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-281830-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-
SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-
ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...
SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
628 AM EDT TUE OCT 28 2008

...STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING WET...RAW AND WINDY WEATHER TO
THE REGION...

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY OFF THE NEW JERSEY
COAST THIS MORNING AND TRACK ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND INTO NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT.

PRECIPITATION...
RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MOST AREAS EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY WHERE SNOW WAS
FALLING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TODAY INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS
BEEN POSTED MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THOSE AREAS. THIS
STORM WILL PULL COLD AIR INTO THE REGION AND DEPENDING UPON THE
TRACK COULD CHANGE SOME OF THE RAIN OVER TO SNOW SOONER THAN FORECAST
AND RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOWS ELSEWHERE.

TEMPERATURES...
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR
THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE MID 30S IN THE POCONOS
AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TO AROUND 50 OVER THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES.

WINDS...
THE WINDS WILL BE A FACTOR TODAY WITH WIND ADVISORIES POSTED FOR
MOST LOCATIONS EXCEPT HIGH WIND WARNINGS MAINLY FOR THE COUNTIES
ALONG THE COAST AND DELAWARE BAY INTO MARYLANDS NORTHEAST SHORE.
INLAND WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH AND COULD GUST TO 60
MPH AT TIMES IN THE WARNING AREA.

PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL FORECAST UPDATES AND STATEMENTS
ISSUED LATER TODAY.

EBERWINE
Special weather statement, Oct 28, 10:38 AM EDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 28, 10:51 AM EDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 28, 4:10 AM EDTLow Water AdvisoryPHI28 hr
Oct 28, 4:30 AM EDTStorm WarningPHI17 hr
Oct 28, 5:11 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHISussex15 hr
Oct 28, 5:19 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more16 hr
Oct 28, 8:59 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe12 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in New Jersey, 2008Every 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.