Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 101, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Sep 28, 2011, 4:49 AM EDT for Hunterdon County, Morris County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 7 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2011, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2011, 11:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 6:10 AM EDT | FLOOD | Clinton, NJ | FLOODING ALONG MANY SMALL STREAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. |
| Sep 28, 7:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | Glen Gardner, NJ | FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS. |
| Sep 28, 8:30 AM EDT | FLOOD | Lebanon Twp, NJ | FLOODING ALONG HOFFMANS CROSSING ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS41 KPHI 280849
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
NJC019-027-041-281245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0101.110928T0849Z-110928T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
449 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 845 AM EDT
* AT 449 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF HUNTERDON AND WARREN
COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES OF NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER
THE PAST HOUR. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EXPERIENCING RAPID WATER
LEVEL RISES. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE
AREA, STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7468 4076 7467 4072 7469 4071 7473
4068 7473 4067 7472 4066 7474 4062 7471
4056 7473 4057 7516 4078 7511 4082 7509
4084 7510 4086 7505 4091 7508
$$
HEAVENER2 follow-up statements
823
WGUS81 KPHI 281019
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
619 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
NJC019-027-041-281245-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110928T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
619 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EDT FOR SMALL
STREAMS IN NORTHERN HUNTERDON...SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS AND SOUTHERN
WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 613 AM EDT HUNTERDON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED WIDESPREAD STREET
FLOODING IN CLINTON...FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP AND STANTON.
THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE RARITAN AND THE SPRUCE RUN AT GLEN GARDNER
ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7468 4076 7467 4072 7469 4071 7473
4068 7473 4067 7472 4066 7474 4062 7471
4056 7473 4057 7516 4078 7511 4082 7509
4084 7510 4086 7505 4091 7508
$$
DRAG/HEAVENER918
WGUS41 KPHI 281232
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
832 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
NJC019-027-041-281545-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0101.000000T0000Z-110928T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-MORRIS NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
832 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
* AT 829 AM EDT...ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH, CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND RIVERS CONTINUE TO RESPOND. WATER LEVELS ALONG THE
SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER CONTINUE TO RISE AT HIGH BRIDGE AND FOUR
BRIDGES. THE PEQUEST RIVER IS ALSO RISING AS IS SPRUCE RUN AT GLEN
GARDNER.
THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4090 7468 4076 7467 4072 7469 4071 7473
4068 7473 4067 7472 4066 7474 4062 7471
4056 7473 4057 7516 4078 7511 4082 7509
4084 7510 4086 7505 4091 7508
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 11:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and 4 more | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 3:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 39 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 4:10 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 22 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 58 min |
| Sep 28, 10:02 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 26 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2011Every areal flood warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.