Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Aug 22, 2011, 9:29 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 14 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 22, 2011, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2011, 11:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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, 1.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
312 WGUS41 KPHI 230129 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 929 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011 NJC025-029-230530- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0050.110823T0129Z-110823T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 929 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 130 AM EDT * AT 927 PM EDT...THE RIVER GAGE ON THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD WAS 7.35 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. THE RIVER APPEARS TO BE CRESTING...AND MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 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 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 4015 7428 4014 7411 4004 7412 4004 7431 $$ HAYES
4 follow-up statements
133 WGUS41 KPHI 230522 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 122 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 NJC025-029-231130- /O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110823T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 122 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 730 AM EDT * AT 120 AM EDT...THE RIVER GAGE ON THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD WAS 7.4 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 7 FEET. THE RIVER LEVEL IS FALLING...AND THE RIVER LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING. IN THE MEANTIME...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. && LAT...LON 4015 7428 4014 7411 4004 7412 4004 7431 $$ HAYES
130 WGUS41 KPHI 230905 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 505 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 NJC025-029-231730- /O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110823T1730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 505 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 130 PM EDT TUESDAY * AT 502 AM EDT...THE RIVER GAGE ON THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD WAS 7.2 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. THE RIVER LEVEL CONTINUES TO SLOWLY FALL EARLY THIS MORNING...AND COULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME...MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED. 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... 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 4015 7428 4014 7411 4004 7412 4004 7431 $$ HAYES
441 WGUS81 KPHI 231250 FLSPHI FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 850 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 NJC025-029-231730- /O.CON.KPHI.FA.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110823T1730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 850 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTIES... AT 815 AM EDT THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD WAS RECEDING SLOWLY AND VERY CLOSE TO THE 7 FOOT FLOOD STAGE. THE STAGE READING WAS 7.03 FEET. IT SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 1030 AM AT WHICH TIME THIS WARNING IS LIKELY TO BE CANCELLED. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4015 7428 4014 7411 4004 7412 4004 7431 $$ DRAG
937 WGUS81 KPHI 231519 FLSPHI FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1119 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 NJC025-029-231526- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110823T1730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ- 1119 AM EDT TUE AUG 23 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTIES... THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE METEDECONK RIVER AT LAKEWOOD HAS CONTINUED RECEDING AND FELL BELOW STAGE AT 1030 AM. AS A RESULT THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4015 7428 4014 7411 4004 7412 4004 7431 $$ GAINES
Nearby
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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.