Alert archive / New Jersey / River Flood Warnings in 2009
River Flood Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 8:11 AM EST for Mercer County, New Jersey. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 11:26 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2009, 8:11 AM EST (13:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2009, 11:26 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 4:13 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Mercer County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 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 8.82 ft at Dec 9, 2009, 2:00 PM EST.
- 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 091311
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
811 AM EST WED DEC 09 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
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
&&
NJC021-091911-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0021.091209T1500Z-091210T0440Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.091209T1500Z.091209T1800Z.091209T2240Z.NO/
811 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 7:15 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.8 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 9.2 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 5.85 WED 7 AM 9.2 WED 1 PM
&&2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS81 KPHI 091408
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
908 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
&&
NJC021-100008-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0021.091209T1626Z-091210T0400Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.091209T1626Z.091209T1800Z.091209T2200Z.NO/
908 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL THIS EVENING...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 8:30 AM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.2 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO
RISE TO NEAR 9.2 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW
FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 7.18 WED 8 AM 9.2 WED 1 PM
&&000
WGUS81 KPHI 092113
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
413 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
JERSEY...
ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
&&
NJC021-092143-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-091210T0400Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.091209T1645Z.091209T1900Z.091209T2017Z.NO/
413 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
* AT 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.1 FEET.
* NO FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 8.09 WED 4 PM FALLING
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 5:04 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 6:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 8 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 8 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 9:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:35 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 31 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:00 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:26 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 16 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2009Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.