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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 13, 2011Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2011, 10:21 PM EDT for Warren 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
Aug 13, 2011, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2011, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2011-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL1000850700500300200100-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

870 
WGUS51 KPHI 140221
FFWPHI
NJC041-140615-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0019.110814T0221Z-110814T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1021 PM EDT SAT AUG 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY...

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT...

* AT 1015 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR            
  ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS  
  OF WARREN COUNTY DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN   
  ON THE WAY...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED OR IS ALREADY OCCURRING.   
  ROADWAY FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED...AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE        
  VICINITY OF HEAVY RAIN WILL EXCEED THEIR BANKS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOU CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS...THE WATER MAY BE 
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.

&&

LAT...LON 4091 7477 4087 7481 4083 7482 4071 7496
      4059 7519 4065 7521 4067 7519 4068 7521
      4074 7520 4078 7516 4077 7513 4079 7510
      4084 7510 4086 7505 4099 7514 4102 7505
      4108 7497

$$

FORECASTER:JJM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 9:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Aug 13, 11:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex4 hr
Aug 13, 11:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris4 hr
Aug 14, 12:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset4 hr
Aug 14, 12:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Somerset3 hr
Aug 14, 2:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 14, 3:25 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI30 hr
Aug 14, 3:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem113 min
Aug 14, 3:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more25 hr
Aug 14, 3:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 4 more4 hr
Aug 14, 4:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Mercer60 min
Aug 14, 5:37 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Aug 14, 6:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 14, 7:43 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 4 more4 hr
Aug 14, 8:57 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Aug 14, 11:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem18 hr
Aug 14, 11:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI40 min
Aug 14, 12:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris28 hr
Aug 14, 12:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI35 min
Aug 14, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem62 min
Aug 14, 12:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren7 hr
Aug 14, 1:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem66 min
Aug 14, 1:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset16 hr
Aug 14, 2:21 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington6 hr
Aug 14, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester52 min
Aug 14, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean57 min
Aug 14, 4:04 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMercer9 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.