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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood watch at Jul 13, 2010, 2:48 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Jul 13, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2010, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 13, 2010, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2010, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- None
Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 553 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474 WGUS61 KPHI 131848 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 248 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ015>019-PAZ067>071-141015- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0001.100714T0000Z-100714T1200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA 248 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN ...GLOUCESTER...MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM. IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE... MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * HEAVY RAIN FELL IN MUCH OF OUR REGION THIS MORNING. MANY LOCATIONS RECEIVED AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND IT SHOULD AFFECT OUR REGION TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE, AGAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ IOVINO
3 follow-up statements
048 WGUS61 KPHI 140047 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 847 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 NJZ012>014-140900- /O.EXB.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-100714T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK 847 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MONMOUTH AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...MIDDLESEX. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF THIS INLAND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS APPEARED TO HAVE RECEIVED 2 INCHES. * HEAVY SHOWERS WERE ALREADY REDEVELOPING THIS EVENING FROM JUST NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR TRENTON AND NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY. * ADDITIONALLY...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE FROM BALTIMORE WASHINGTON OVERNIGHT AND THEN PIVOT OUT TO SEA OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST SOMETIME LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR MIDDAY. * THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DELAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING BECAUSE OF PONDING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. * POCKETS OF NEW RAINFALL FROM 9 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MAY EXCEED 4 INCHES IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WITH FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NEW 1 INCH AMOUNTS. * ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ015>019-PAZ067>071-140900- /O.EXT.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-100714T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA 847 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER... MERCER...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING * AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN FELL IN PARTS OF THE REGION TODAY WITH FAR NORTHEAST DELAWARE AND THE PHILADELPHIA AREA HIT HARD THIS MORNING AND THEN A LATE AFTERNOON HEAVY DOUSING IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED 2 TO 3.5 INCHES TODAY. THIS COMBINED WITH SPOTTY HEAVY RAINS THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF DAYS IS SETTING THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS LOCALIZED FLOOD EPISODE EARLY WEDNESDAY. * HEAVY SHOWERS WERE ALREADY REDEVELOPING THIS EVENING FROM JUST NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA TO NEAR TRENTON AND NEW BRUNSWICK NEW JERSEY. * ADDITIONALLY...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE FROM BALTIMORE WASHINGTON OVERNIGHT AND THEN PIVOT OUT TO SEA OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST SOMETIME LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR MIDDAY. URBAN CENTERS WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING RAINS WEDNESDAY MORNING FROM NEAR WILMINGTON TO NEAR PHILADELPHIA AND TRENTON. * THE EXPECTED HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL TRAVEL DELAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING BECAUSE OF PONDING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. * POCKETS OF NEW RAINFALL FROM 9 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM WEDNESDAY MAY EXCEED 4 INCHES IN A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WITH FAIRLY WIDESPREAD NEW 1 INCH AMOUNTS. * ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON ROADWAYS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ DRAG
174 WGUS61 KPHI 140829 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 429 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2010 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012>019-PAZ067>071-141400- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-100714T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEW BRUNSWICK... FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 429 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...EASTERN MONMOUTH... GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON... SALEM AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... BUCKS...CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING * HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY. AS THE HEAVY RAIN LIFTS OUT OF THE REGION THIS MORNING....MORE IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING. * THE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS MORNING IS STARTING TO GET INTO THE RIVERS AND STREAMS...AND SHARP RISES ARE ANTICIPATED.IN ADDITION...URBAN AND STREET FLOODING IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HAYES
780 WGUS61 KPHI 141415 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1015 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2010 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-015>019-PAZ067>071-142000- /O.EXP.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-100714T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0002.100714T1415Z-100714T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEW BRUNSWICK... TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN... DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 1015 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE... NORTHEAST MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY... CAMDEN...GLOUCESTER...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON AND SALEM. IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS... CHESTER...DELAWARE...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA. * UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON * AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WERE FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. AS THIS RAIN PIVOTS THROUGH THE REGION...ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH AND LOCALLY 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS AND EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN A FEW AREAS...AS WELL AS SHARP RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. IN ADDITION...URBAN AND STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ NJZ013-014-141515- /O.EXP.KPHI.FF.A.0001.000000T0000Z-100714T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK 1015 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY HAS EXPIRED. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AT THIS TIME FORECAST RAIN AMOUNTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOOD THREATS. $$ NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-142000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0002.100714T1415Z-100714T2000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1015 AM EDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AND EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NEW JERSEY... HUNTERDON...MORRIS...SOMERSET AND WARREN. IN EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON. * UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON * AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WERE FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. AS THIS RAIN PIVOTS THROUGH THE REGION...ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1 INCH AND LOCALLY 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RUNOFF FROM THE PREVIOUS AND EXPECTED ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN A FEW AREAS...AS WELL AS SHARP RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS. IN ADDITION...URBAN AND STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 13, 2:11 PM EDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:11 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 211 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST TODAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ON THE FRONT TONIGHT AS IT MOVES TO THE COAST. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY...AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE FRONT. A RETURN TO HOT AND HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE STALLING OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AT 1130 AM, A MESOSCALE LOW WAS DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD OVER EASTERN MERCER COUNTY. IT SHOULD CONTINUE UP ALONG THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE DURING THE BALANCE OF THE MORNING AND THE EARLY AFTERNOON. A BOUNDARY EXTENDED SOUTHWARD IN ITS WAKE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DOWN INTO SOUTHERN DELAWARE. THE MAIN BATCH OF RAIN WAS LIFTING NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE THIS MORNING. WHILE THE RAIN WAS STILL HEAVY, THE INTENSITY HAD DROPPED A BIT. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE MAIN FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE THE BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE. HOWEVER, SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE IS OUR FORECAST AREA. SURFACE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S THROUGHOUT MUCH OF OUR REGION THIS AFTERNOON, WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES GREATER THAN TWO INCHES. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/... A WEAK MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST BETWEEN 0300 AND 0900 UTC WEDNESDAY. CONVECTION SHOULD BE ONGOING ACROSS DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING (FROM LATE AFTERNOON ACTION). BULK SHEAR APPROACHES 25 KNOTS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...SO THERE COULD BE SOME ORGANIZATION TO THE CONVECTION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES. WILL INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STORMS IN THE EVENING. AFTER THIS...ALL MODELS SHOW THE HIGHEST PRECIPITABLE WATER AIR LINING UP WITH THE SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE PASSING MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE MAY ALLOW A SURFACE WAVE TO FORM ON THE BOUNDARY. THIS COULD ACT TO FOCUS THE DEEPEST MOISTURE AND WILL CONTINUE THE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION...MAY NEED TO WATCH THE ACTIVITY ON THE FRONT FOR LOW LEVEL TURNING. WHILE THERE IS NOT MUCH CAPE ON THE SOUNDINGS FOR TUESDAY NIGHT...IT IS MOSTLY IN THE LOW LEVELS. IN ADDITION...0-1 KM HELICITY NUMBERS...LOW LCL HEIGHTS AND HIGH DEW POINTS NUMBERS SUGGEST THAT ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF STRETCHING IN THE LOWER LEVELS. WITH THE NO AIRMASS CHANGE IN SIGHT...AND DEW POINTS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BELOW THE MID 70S...BASICALLY ACCEPTED A BLEND OF MOS NUMBERS FOR LOWS. ALL MODELS (EVEN THE PREVIOUSLY SLOWER NAM) ARE ALL TAKING THE SURFACE BOUNDARY OFFSHORE WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW BECOMES WEST NORTHWEST AND BEGINS TO DRY. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE WILL STILL BE AN AXIS OF INSTABILITY RUNNING FROM SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. THIS LINE APPEARS TO DELINEATE JUST HOW FAR THE DRIER AIR WILL GET WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HENCE...EAST OF THIS LINE...WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. RIGHT NOW...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE SEA BREEZE MAY BE THE BOUNDARY THE INSTABILITY NEEDS TO BE RELEASED...AND THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TIED TO THE POSITION OF THE SEA BREEZE. WITH LITTLE EFFECT SHEAR...AND PERHAPS A SLOW MOTION TO THE CONVECTIVE ELEMENT...HEAVY RAIN APPEARS TO BE THE CONVECTIVE MODE. WITH LESS COVERAGE THAN PREVIOUS DAYS...WILL NOT INCLUDE A MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SKIES SHOULD BECOME PARTLY SUNNY AFTER THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE CLEARS THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING. 850 MB TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR 17 CELSIUS. THIS SUPPORTS THE HIGHER GFS MOS NUMBERS FOR HIGHS IN ALL AREAS OUTSIDE OF SEA AND BAY BREEZES. ANY ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS ON THE SEA BREEZE SHOULD DIE OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN EXPECTING DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AS CAPPING CUTS OFF CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. MID LEVEL RISING HEIGHTS AND 850 MB TEMPERATURES SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE MID 90S AWAY FROM THE COAST. BASED ON FORECAST DEW POINTS...STILL NOT QUITE GETTING TO EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH CRITERIA FOR THURSDAY...SO WILL HOLD OFF ON HEADLINES FOR NOW AND CONTINUE TO MENTION THE POTENTIAL IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HEAT ADVISORY PRODUCTS POSSIBLE FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH SPOTTY HEAVY CONVECTION POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT OR SATURDAY. HIGH INDEX PROJECTED NEAR 100F IN PHL FRIDAY. NO CHANGE IN THE OVERALL PATTERN OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THIS EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST OR WELL BEYOND PER THE 00Z/12 NAEFS. THIS MONTH ALREADY AVERAGING 4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN PHILADELPHIA FOR THE FIRST 11 DAYS. WE ARE FCSTG A HEAT WAVE TO DEVELOP THURSDAY AND LAST AT LEAST INTO THIS WEEKEND. CONFIDENCE ON THE HEAT WAVE NOT BEING INTERRUPTED BY ONE DAY BELOW 90 IS AVG. THE FCST POPS WERE INCREASED ABOVE HPC AND GFS GUIDANCE FOR SATURDAY NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THE EDGE OF THE MID LVL CAP. QUITE A BIT OF INSTABILITY SHOULD BE PRESENT SATURDAY FOR HEAVY CONVECTION ALONG WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AS LIFT. SUNDAY...MODEL SIGNALS CONTINUE TO DRY OUT SFC TD'S BUT STILL HOT. NEXT MONDAY/TUESDAY...MAY HAVE UNDERFORECAST POPS IN PULSES OF WAA BUT FOR NOW REMAIN WITH HPC POPS IN A CONTG HOT ABOVE NORMAL TEMP PATTERN. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG, KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS. A CONVECTIVELY-INDUCED MESO-LOW ASSOCIATED WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVED NORTHEAST OF OUR AREA AT LATE MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY WAS AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT WHICH STRETCHED FROM LOW PRESSURE IN THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY TO THE CENTRAL MID ATLANTIC COAST. MORE CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPANION COLD FRONT WAS TO OUR WEST...AND THIS IS SLATED TO AFFECT THE TAF SITES FROM LATE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. THE COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH JUST BEFORE OR AROUND SUNRISE. SO...FOR MID AND LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...OUR AREA SHOULD MOSTLY BE BETWEEN THESE FEATURES. THE EXCEPTIONS WILL BE KMIV AND KACY FOR A FEW HOURS INTO LATE AFTERNOON...AS THESE TAF SITES WILL BE IN THE ASCENT AREA JUST TO THE EAST OF THE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE MESO-LOW NOW MOVING WELL TO THE NORTH. THE CENTRAL TAF SITES SHOULD BE JUST ON THE WESTERN FRINGE OF THIS ACTION...SO THINKING OPTIMISTICALLY A VICINITY SHOWER MENTION WAS LEFT OUT FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON. SO...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED OUTSIDE OF ANY CONVECTION UNTIL RENEWED CONVECTION MOVES IN LATER THIS EVENING. THEN... MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS VARYING DOWN TO IFR IN HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND FOG ARE FORECAST. THE NAM MOS WAS THE USUALLY MORE PESSIMISTIC PARTNER TO THE GFS MOS WITH RESPECT TO CEILINGS OVERNIGHT. WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE TOWARD MORNING...CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING...BECOMING VFR BY MID TO LATE MORNING. OUTLOOK... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK UNDER A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN VFR FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ONWARD...WITH WINDS MAINLY FROM A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. EXCEPTIONS WOULD BE VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS IN PATCHY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG. && .MARINE... LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ATTACHED FRONTS WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND THEN PASS TO THE NE TONIGHT AND WED. SCT TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL BE ACROSS THE WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT. WHILE WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HIGHER AROUND TSTMS...OVERALL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN SUB-SCA WITH WINDS AROUND 15 KTS AND SEAS 3 TO 4 FT ON THE OCEAN AND AROUND 2 FT IN THE BAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WED NIGHT AND REMAIN THROUGH FRI. THIS WILL BRING FAIR WEATHER AND MORE OF A RELAXED WIND/SEA. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS SAT. SHOWERS/TSTMS MAY OCCUR WITH THIS FRONT. && .HYDROLOGY... A FAIR AMOUNT OF POOR DRAINAGE AREA AND ROADWAY FLOODING OCCURRED THIS MORNING, WITH SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVING AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, LESS THAN A HALF HOUR IN MANY CASES. FLOODING OCCURRED ALONG THE WISSAHICKON CREEK, THE FRANKFORD CREEK AND THE PENNYPACK CREEK IN PHILADELPHIA. THE FLOODING ON THE FRANKFORD CREEK REACHED THE MAJOR CATEGORY. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE FOCUS FOR THE HEAVIEST RAIN THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE A BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE. THOSE AREAS HAVE RECEIVED LESS RAIN THAN LOCATIONS TO THE WEST OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS. AS A RESULT, WE WILL NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS POINT. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... ONCE AGAIN...JUST BARELY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING VALUES REACHED ACROSS THE SHORE AND DEL BAY LAST EVENING. THE TREND IN THE DEPARTURES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS IS DOWNWARD AS WE CONTINUE PAST THE TIME OF THE NEW MOON (LAST SUN). COULD BE CLOSE AGAIN THIS EVENING...SO THE DAY CREW WILL EVALUATE AND ISSUE ANY ADVISORIES IF NEEDED. && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HAYES NEAR TERM...IOVINO SHORT TERM...HAYES LONG TERM...DRAG AVIATION... / O'HARA MARINE...O'HARA / HYDROLOGY...IOVINO TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...O'HARA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 3:16 AM EDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 316 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 DEZ001-NJZ015-017>019-PAZ067>071-140730- NEW CASTLE-MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 316 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT ADVISORY OR WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY FOR THURSDAY AND/OR FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NJZ001-007>009-PAZ054-055-060>062-140730- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON- 316 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ008-012-015-019-020-140730- CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 316 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ002-003-NJZ010-012>014-016-020>025-027-140730- KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 316 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-140730- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- 316 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ450>455-DEZ004-NJZ026-140730- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- DELAWARE BEACHES-COASTAL OCEAN- 316 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:13 AM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1013 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM FLOOD NEWPORT 39.71N 75.61W
07/13/2010 NEW CASTLE DE NEWSPAPER
OLD AIRPORT ROAD FLOODED.
0900 AM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
FLOODING ALONG THE FRANKFORD CREEK IN NORTHEAST
PHILADELPHIA.
&&Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:33 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1033 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM FLOOD NEWPORT 39.71N 75.61W
07/13/2010 NEW CASTLE DE NEWSPAPER
OLD AIRPORT ROAD FLOODED.
0900 AM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE FRANKFORD CREEK IN NORTHEAST
PHILADELPHIA.
0946 AM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
FLOODING ON WISSAHICKON CREEK.
&&Local storm report, Jul 13, 10:58 AM EDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1058 AM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 AM FLOOD NEWPORT 39.71N 75.61W
07/13/2010 NEW CASTLE DE NEWSPAPER
OLD AIRPORT ROAD FLOODED.
0900 AM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE FRANKFORD CREEK IN NORTHEAST
PHILADELPHIA.
0946 AM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
FLOODING ON WISSAHICKON CREEK.
0957 AM HEAVY RAIN CAMDEN 39.94N 75.11W
07/13/2010 M2.40 INCH CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
2.40 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN CAMDEN IN 1 HOUR AND 20
MINUTES.
0957 AM FLOOD CAMDEN 39.94N 75.11W
07/13/2010 CAMDEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER
ADMIRAL WILSON BLVD AND ROUTE 130 IN CAMDEN BOTH CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING.
1030 AM FLOOD PHILADELPHIA 40.01N 75.13W
07/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA PA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
FLOODING ON PENNYPACK CREEK.
&&
MEOLASpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 2:02 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 202 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 NJZ013-019-020-027-131900- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ- WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- 202 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BURLINGTON...MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTIES... AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR COUNTRY LAKE ESTATES AROUND 200 PM...BROWNS MILLS...NEW EGYPT AROUND 215 PM...WOODRUFF... CASSVILLE AROUND 230 PM...SIX FLAGS THEME PARK AND JACKSONS MILLS AROUND 245 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORM. LAT...LON 4025 7447 4013 7412 3978 7458 3994 7477 RPW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:20 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
220 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010
NJZ013-014-131855-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
220 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONMOUTH COUNTY...
AT 218 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANDY HOOK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LEONARDO...
MIDDLETOWN AROUND 230 PM AND SANDY HOOK AROUND 245 PM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4017 7411 4034 7430 4045 7419 4045 7416
4046 7412 4044 7409 4041 7399 4044 7402
4047 7401 4047 7400 4043 7396 4029 7397
RPWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 84 min |
| Jul 13, 4:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 9:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth | 118 min |
| Jul 13, 10:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 3:08 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 63 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:15 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 9 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 3:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | New Castle | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 5:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 76 min |
| Jul 13, 6:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 113 min |
| Jul 13, 6:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 6:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 8:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 67 min |
| Jul 12, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 63 min |
| Jul 12, 11:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 12:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 7:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 8 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Philadelphia | 117 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Queen Anne's, Talbot | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 3:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 3:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 114 min |
| Jul 13, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 66 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.