Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011

Areal Flood Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2011Camden County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Jul 8, 2011, 9:54 PM EDT for Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2011, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2011, 1:55 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Camden County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1578 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

109 
WGUS41 KPHI 090154
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
954 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

NJC007-090745-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0028.110709T0154Z-110709T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-
954 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 345 AM EDT

* AT 950 PM EDT ON FRIDAY THE COOPER RIVER AT HADDONFIELD WAS ABOUT
  TO REACH ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 2.8 FEET. THE HEAVY RAIN IS OVER
  BUT THE MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE RIVER
  OVERNIGHT. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER OCCURRED 
  EARLIER FRIDAY EVENING AND WE WILL BE MOVING TOWARD LOW TIDE
  OVERNIGHT.
 
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...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3988 7505 3996 7513 3998 7510 3997 7509
      3999 7507 3998 7505 3997 7504 3990 7500

$$

TFG
1 follow-up statement
131 
WGUS81 KPHI 090555
FLSPHI

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
155 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2011

NJC007-090604-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110709T0745Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-
155 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN
COUNTY...

THE COOPER RIVER HAS RETURNED WITHIN ITS BANKS AT HADDONFIELD. AS A 
RESULT, THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3988 7505 3996 7513 3998 7510 3997 7509
      3999 7507 3998 7505 3997 7504 3990 7500

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.