Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2009, 1:40 PM EDT for Burlington 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
- Jun 13, 2009, 1:40 PM EDT (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2009, 4:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Burlington County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 844 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KPHI 131740
FFWPHI
NJC005-132130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0006.090613T1740Z-090613T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
140 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 134 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL
ROADS FLOODING OUT IN MEDFORD TOWNSHIP AND DOPPLER RADAR WAS
SHOWING TWO TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR. THE
SHOWERS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE COUNTY WITH MORE
MOVING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF BURLINGTON FROM CAMDEN COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MEDFORD...
MEDFORD LAKES...LEISURETOWNE...TABERNACLE...SHAMONG...ATSION AND
WHARTON STATE FOREST
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3997 7498 4000 7472 3988 7451 3967 7461
3975 7477 3977 7477 3979 7489
$$
EBERWINE2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KPHI 131844
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
244 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
NJC005-132130-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090613T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURLINGTON NJ-
244 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY...
AT 239 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENMCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS STILL REPORTED IN MEDFORD.
THE FLOODING WAS EASING AND AS OF 230 PM THERE WERE NO IMMINENT
THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TABERNACLE...
MEDFORD AND LEISURETOWNE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL IN YOUR AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3994 7491 3997 7471 3988 7451 3972 7462
3975 7477 3977 7477 3979 7487
$$
GIGI000
WGUS71 KPHI 132027
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
427 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
NJC005-132036-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090613T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURLINGTON NJ-
427 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 2009
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BURLINGTON
COUNTY...
RAINFALL TOTALS FROM THE DOPPLER RADAR RANGED FROM THREE TO FOUR
INCHES MAINLY IN AND AROUND MEDFORD.
LAT...LON 3994 7491 3997 7471 3988 7451 3972 7462
3975 7477 3977 7477 3979 7487
$$
EBERWINEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 88 min |
| Jun 13, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min |
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.