Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2008
Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Dec 13, 2008, 3:42 AM EST for Burlington County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2008, 3:42 AM EST (08:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 9:45 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS41 KPHI 130842
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
342 AM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
NJC005-029-131445-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0021.081213T0842Z-081213T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
342 AM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOMS RIVER...
* UNTIL 945 AM EST
* AT 339 AM EST MINOR FLOODING WAS STILL BEING REPORTED ALONG THE
NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER IN OCEAN COUNTY. THEREFORE THE
AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
THE SQUANKUM RIVER IN MONMOUTH COUNTY HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE
AND THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3988 7409 3992 7409 3976 7418 3973 7412
3968 7412 3960 7422 3964 7424 3963 7424
3957 7424 3958 7424 3959 7429 3957 7432
3954 7429 3953 7436 4004 7445 4016 7438
4016 7428 4011 7427 4009 7422 4008 7403
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS81 KPHI 131440
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
940 AM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
NJC005-029-131445-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FA.W.0021.000000T0000Z-081213T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OCEAN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
940 AM EST SAT DEC 13 2008
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
AT 830 AM EST, THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER IN OCEAN
COUNTY FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE. NO FURTHER FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3988 7409 3992 7409 3976 7418 3973 7412
3968 7412 3960 7422 3964 7424 3963 7424
3957 7424 3958 7424 3959 7429 3957 7432
3954 7429 3953 7436 4004 7445 4016 7438
4016 7428 4011 7427 4009 7422 4008 7403
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 7:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.