Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Aug 14, 2011, 11:03 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 8 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
- Aug 14, 2011, 11:03 PM EDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WGUS41 KPHI 150303 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1103 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011 NJC025-029-151100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0037.110815T0303Z-110815T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 1103 PM EDT SUN AUG 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN... SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 700 AM EDT MONDAY * AT 1102 PM EDT THE MANASQUAN RIVER AT SQUANKUM HAS EXCEEDED ITS FLOOD STAGE. ALSO...THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD CONTINUES TO RISE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WHICH COULD EXACERBATE FLOODING. 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. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER AND YOU MAY DAMAGE YOUR VEHICLE...LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIRS. LAT...LON 4020 7429 4017 7409 4005 7412 4007 7432 $$ ROBERTSON
1 follow-up statement
146 WGUS81 KPHI 151017 FLSPHI FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 617 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011 NJC025-029-151100- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110815T1100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 617 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTIES... AT 615 AM EDT WATERS WERE RECEDING ON THE MANASQUAN RIVER SQUANKUM AND ALONG THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD. THESE SMALL STREAMS SHOULD ALL BE COMPLETELY WITHIN THEIR BANKS BY 7 AM...AT WHICH TIME THIS FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE. SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING OR AFTERNOON MAY FORCE RENEWED RISES OF THESE WATERS. HOWEVER...FOR NOW...FLOODING SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST TEMPORARILY ENDED BY 7 THIS MORNING. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING WAS REPORTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4020 7429 4017 7409 4005 7412 4007 7432 $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 12:03 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 33 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 9:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 12 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 94 min |
| Aug 15, 2:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more | 109 min |
| Aug 15, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 87 min | |
| Aug 15, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 110 min | |
| Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.