Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009

Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 22, 2009Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2009, 6:32 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 22, 2009, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2009, 9:49 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1451 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2009-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KPHI 222232
FFWPHI
NJC007-015-230230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0055.090822T2232Z-090823T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
632 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH OF RAIN IN A VERY    
  SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 
SAFELY. 

&&

LAT...LON 3952 7498 3966 7520 3966 7524 3970 7531
      3979 7539 3985 7527 3988 7515 3992 7514
      3996 7506 3984 7492 3979 7491 3977 7489
      3978 7485 3971 7477

$$

JJM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KPHI 230149
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
949 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009

NJC007-015-230158-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-090823T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
949 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR GLOUCESTER AND
CAMDEN COUNTIES...

WHILE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...HEAVY RAIN HAS NOW ENDED. THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 3952 7498 3966 7520 3966 7524 3970 7531
      3979 7539 3985 7527 3988 7515 3992 7514
      3996 7506 3984 7492 3979 7491 3977 7489
      3978 7485 3971 7477

$$

JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 1:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Aug 22, 1:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 1 more3 hr
Aug 22, 3:36 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISomerset4 hr
Aug 22, 4:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem6 hr
Aug 22, 5:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Aug 22, 9:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland3 hr
Aug 22, 6:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer4 hr
Aug 22, 6:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren3 hr
Aug 22, 7:32 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMercer19 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.