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Areal Flood Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 14, 2010Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Mar 14, 2010, 12:26 AM EST for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 58 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2010, 12:26 AM EST (05:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2010, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 735 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Mar 13, 11:15 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 11:15 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 9:34 PM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
934 PM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 5 N TABERNACLE          39.92N 74.70W
03/13/2010                   BURLINGTON         NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SMALL TREE REPORTED DOWN ON RETREAT ROAD IN SOUTHAMPTON
            TOWNSHIP.

1025 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 SW WINDSOR            40.21N 74.62W
03/13/2010                   MERCER             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL POWER POLES REPORTED DOWN ON ROUTE 526 NEAR WEST
            MANOR WAY IN ROBBINSVILLE.

1030 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG COCHRANVILLE            39.89N 75.92W
03/13/2010                   CHESTER            PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TELEPHONE POLE REPORTED DOWN ON US ROUTE 1 NEAR PA
            ROUTE 10.

1200 PM     FLOOD            PHILADELPHIA            40.01N 75.13W
03/13/2010                   PHILADELPHIA       PA   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            FLOODING REPORTED ON COLUMBUS BLVD.

1214 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG NORTH BRUNSWICK TOWNSHI 40.45N 74.48W
03/13/2010                   MIDDLESEX          NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POLE REPORTED DOWN NEAR ADAMS AND COZENS LANE.

0100 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 E HOPATCONG           40.96N 74.59W
03/13/2010                   MORRIS             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE IN JEFFERSON.

0102 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG EWING                   40.27N 74.80W
03/13/2010                   MERCER             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE.

0145 PM     FLOOD            4 E WOODBURY            39.84N 75.07W
03/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BIG TIMBER CREEK IS REACHING THE BACK OF SEVERAL HOMES
            NEAR FRONT STREET AND THE BLACKHORSE PIKE.

0145 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW TURNERSVILLE      39.81N 75.08W
03/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POLE REPORTED DOWN ON MAIN STREET IN BLENHEIM.

0200 PM     FLOOD            MOUNT EPHRAIM           39.88N 75.09W
03/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEWTON CREEK IS FLOODED UP TO THE BACK OF SEVERAL HOMES.

0224 PM     FLOOD            CAMDEN                  39.94N 75.11W
03/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 30 AT MLK BLVD IS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

0230 PM     FLOOD            VOORHEES                39.85N 74.96W
03/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            I-295 NORTHBOUND HAS 2 LANES COVERED IN WATER NEAR EXIT
            28.

0245 PM     FLOOD            WESTVILLE               39.87N 75.13W
03/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 551 BRIDGE OVER LITTLE TIMBER CREEK CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING.

0245 PM     FLOOD            GLOUCESTER CITY         39.89N 75.12W
03/13/2010                   CAMDEN             NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 130 SOUTH AT MARKET AND JUNCTION IS CLOSED DUE TO
            FLOODING.

0300 PM     FLOOD            AVALON                  39.09N 74.74W
03/13/2010                   CAPE MAY           NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOWNSENDS INLET BRIDGE BETWEEN AVALON AND SEA ISLE IS
            CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

0300 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG HAMILTON SQUARE         40.23N 74.68W
03/13/2010                   MERCER             NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0300 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG LAWRENCEVILLE           40.30N 74.73W
03/13/2010                   MERCER             NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A CAR IN LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP.

0324 PM     FLOOD            3 E MAYS LANDING        39.46N 74.67W
03/13/2010                   ATLANTIC           NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 322 AT COLOGNE AVENUE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

0330 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG SEASIDE HEIGHTS         39.94N 74.08W
03/13/2010                   OCEAN              NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0345 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE SKILLMAN          40.40N 74.64W
03/13/2010                   SOMERSET           NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.

0345 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG BURLINGTON              40.08N 74.85W
03/13/2010                   BURLINGTON         NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0345 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG CALIFON                 40.72N 74.84W
03/13/2010                   HUNTERDON          NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0348 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG N BENSALEM              40.10N 74.95W
03/13/2010                   BUCKS              PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            40 FOOT PINE TREE TOPPLED IN BACKYARD. NUMEROUS TREE
            LIMBS AND BRANCHES DOWN.

0348 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG EAST BRUNSWICK          40.43N 74.42W
03/13/2010                   MIDDLESEX          NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE REPORTED DOWN ON A HOUSE.

0358 PM     FLOOD            MANALAPAN               40.26N 74.40W
03/13/2010                   MONMOUTH           NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ROUTE 9 CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS DUE TO FLOODING.

0406 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG BARNEGAT LIGHT          39.75N 74.11W
03/13/2010                   OCEAN              NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORT OF A FRONT PORCH COLLAPSE IN BARNEGAT. ALSO, A
            SHEET METAL ROOF REPORTED PEELED BACK.

0415 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG ROCKY HILL              40.40N 74.64W
03/13/2010                   SOMERSET           NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN.

0415 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG KINGSTON                40.38N 74.61W
03/13/2010                   SOMERSET           NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CABLE REPORTED DOWN ON A STREET.

0438 PM     FLOOD            5 N TABERNACLE          39.92N 74.70W
03/13/2010                   BURLINGTON         NJ   AMATEUR RADIO

            BARN ROOF REPORTED CAVED IN IN SOUTHAMPTON.

0439 PM     FLOOD            TRENTON                 40.22N 74.76W
03/13/2010                   MERCER             NJ   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROUTE 29 CLOSED IN TRENTON DUE TO FLOODING.

0440 PM     FLOOD            HAMMONTON               39.65N 74.77W
03/13/2010                   ATLANTIC           NJ   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ROUTE 54 CLOSED IN HAMMONTON DUE TO FLOODING. ALSO, TREES
            REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0459 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG OLD BRIDGE              40.39N 74.33W
03/13/2010                   MIDDLESEX          NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES AND WIRES REPORTED DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

0720 PM     FLOOD            SHIP BOTTOM             39.65N 74.18W
03/13/2010                   OCEAN              NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CENTRAL AVE FROM ROUTE 72 TO WEST 28TH STREET REPORTED
            CLOSED DUE TO TIDAL FLOODING.

0830 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG METUCHEN                40.54N 74.36W
03/13/2010                   MIDDLESEX          NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            *** 2 INJ *** LARGE TREE LIMB FELL ON A VEHICLE AND
            INJURED TWO PEOPLE.

0931 PM     FLOOD            SHIP BOTTOM             39.65N 74.18W
03/13/2010                   OCEAN              NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LONG BEACH BLVD CLOSED FROM SHIP BOTTOM TO BEACH HAVEN
            DUE TO COASTAL FLOODING.

&&

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset	4 days
Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Essex, Morris, Passaic	8 days
Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Essex, Passaic	8 days
Mar 13, 8:41 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Passaic	4 days
Mar 13, 9:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	37 hr
Mar 13, 9:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	42 hr
Mar 13, 10:57 PM EST	Gale Warning	PHI		4 hr
Mar 13, 11:10 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more	3 days
Mar 14, 1:09 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem	5 days
Mar 14, 1:47 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more	20 hr
Mar 14, 2:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Sussex, Warren	7 hr
Mar 14, 3:23 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem	63 hr
Mar 14, 3:35 PM EDT	Gale Warning	PHI		36 hr
Mar 14, 3:35 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		48 hr
Mar 13, 9:40 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Montgomery, Philadelphia	6 hr
Mar 13, 10:05 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Berks	5 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2010 Every areal flood warning in 2010

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.