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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 15, 2008Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2008, 3:16 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2008, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2008, 5:09 PM EDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2008-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 151916
FFWPHI
NJC037-152315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0029.080815T1916Z-080815T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
316 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 313 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH
  FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRANCHVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTH OF
  NEWTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SUSSEX

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4121 7481 4124 7458 4107 7467 4108 7491

$$

SZATKOWSKI
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KPHI 152109
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
509 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

NJC037-152117-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080815T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-
509 PM EDT FRI AUG 15 2008

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL SUSSEX
COUNTY...

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE REGION AND NO REPORTS OF 
FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.  

LAT...LON 4121 7481 4124 7458 4107 7467 4108 7491

$$

SZATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Aug 15, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris30 min
Aug 15, 6:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISomerset119 min
Aug 15, 7:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex113 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Every flash flood warning 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.