Alert archive / New Jersey / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Aug 22, 2009, 7:32 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2009, 7:32 PM EDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2009, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Mercer County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 river
Written for the forecast point Assunpink Creek at Trenton (TACN4). The gauge peaked at 10.63 ft at Aug 23, 2009, 2:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 8.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9.5 ft
- Major stage
- 11 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01464000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS41 KPHI 222332
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
732 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY
...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE ASSUNPINK CREEK...
NJC021-230532-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0013.090822T2336Z-090823T1516Z/
/TACN4.2.ER.090822T2336Z.090823T0100Z.090823T0916Z.NO/
732 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:15 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.5 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
TO NEAR 10.6 FEET BY TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
EARLY TOMORROW.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 7.48 SAT 7 PM 10.6 SAT 9 PM
&&3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS81 KPHI 230428
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1228 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ASSUNPINK CREEK...
...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING...
NJC021-231428-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090823T1900Z/
/TACN4.2.ER.090823T0029Z.090823T0600Z.090823T1300Z.NO/
1228 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT MIDNIGHT THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET AND RISING.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST NEAR 10.4 FEET
AROUND 1 OR 2 AM. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE
ON SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 10.2 SUN 12 AM 10.4 SUN 2 AM
&&
IOVINO000
WGUS81 KPHI 230656
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
255 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY..
ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY
...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECAST TO DECREASE FOR THE
ASSUNPINK CREEK...
NJC021-231655-
/O.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090823T1900Z/
/TACN4.2.ER.090823T0029Z.090823T0615Z.090823T1300Z.NO/
255 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 10.64 SUN 2 AM 8.8 SUN 8 AM
&&000
WGUS81 KPHI 230703
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
303 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY..
ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY
...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECAST TO DECREASE FOR THE
ASSUNPINK CREEK...
NJC021-231703-
/O.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090823T1900Z/
/TACN4.2.ER.090823T0029Z.090823T0615Z.090823T1300Z.NO/
303 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 2:15 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET.
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY
LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 10.64 SUN 2 AM CRESTING
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 1:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.