Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 76, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Sep 7, 2011, 5:42 AM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 28 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
- Sep 7, 2011, 5:42 AM EDT (09:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2011, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Morris County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:46 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 532 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 449 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
477
WGUS41 KPHI 070942
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
542 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
NJC027-072145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0076.110907T0942Z-110907T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
542 AM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 539 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
PATCHES OF HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF MORRIS COUNTY. GIVEN THE
SATURATED CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA...THIS RAIN WILL PRODUCE
FLOODING ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS
ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE
SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4089 7433 4086 7431 4078 7437 4074 7436
4068 7445 4088 7475 4091 7472 4092 7465
4096 7464 4108 7451 4104 7449 4105 7444
4102 7442 4101 7432 4097 7427 4089 7427
$$
JJM3 follow-up statements
998
WGUS81 KPHI 071817
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
217 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
NJC027-072145-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110907T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
217 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY...
AT 212 PM EDT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE WARNED AREA. WATER LEVELS ON THE EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK ROAD
WAS 3.83 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 2.5 FEET. WATER LEVELS ON THE POMPTON
RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD, MIDWOOD, AND MOUNTAINVIEW WERE ALL ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE AS WELL. THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES WAS ALSO ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE. THE WATER LEVEL WAS 10.68. FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4089 7433 4087 7431 4094 7450 4102 7442
4101 7432 4097 7427 4089 7427
$$
KRUZDLO993
WGUS41 KPHI 072101
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
501 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
NJC027-080545-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110908T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
501 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT THURSDAY
* AT 430 PM EDT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS THE
REGION. THE WATER LEVEL ON THE EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK ROAD
WAS 3.6 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 2.5 FEET. THE WATER LEVELS WERE
FALLING.
* WATER LEVELS ON THE POMPTON RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD...MIDWOOD
AND MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD ALSO REMAIN WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE
WATER LEVELS WERE EITHER SLOWLY RISING OR CRESTING.
* THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES WAS ALSO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...
WITH A WATER LEVEL OF 10.5 FEET. FLOOD STAGE THERE IS 9.0 FEET.
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 4089 7433 4087 7431 4094 7450 4102 7442
4101 7432 4097 7427 4089 7427
$$
HAYES465
WGUS41 KPHI 080537
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
137 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011
NJC027-081345-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0076.000000T0000Z-110908T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MORRIS NJ-
137 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
NORTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* AT 130 AM EDT...SMALL STREAM FLOODING CONTINUED ACROSS THE
REGION. THE WATER LEVEL ON THE EAST DITCH AT BEAVER BROOK ROAD
WAS 3.7 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 2.5 FEET. THE WATER LEVELS
WERE RISING.
* WATER LEVELS ON THE POMPTON RIVER AT RYERSON ROAD...MIDWOOD AND
MOUNTAINVIEW ROAD ALSO REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE WATER LEVELS
WERE RISING.
* THE PASSAIC RIVER AT TWO BRIDGES WAS ALSO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...
WITH A WATER LEVEL OF 11.8 FEET AND RISING. FLOOD STAGE THERE IS
9.0 FEET.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4089 7433 4087 7431 4094 7450 4102 7442
4101 7432 4097 7427 4089 7427
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 14 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 4 days |
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 3 days |
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 56 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 14 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 25 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 3 days |
| Sep 6, 8:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 20 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Passaic | 3 days |
| Sep 7, 4:34 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bergen, Morris, Passaic | 17 hr |
| Sep 7, 6:12 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 65 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 60 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 67 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 68 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 67 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 67 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 64 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 67 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 68 hr |
| Sep 7, 11:48 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 18 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:39 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 6 hr |
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.