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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 18, 2011Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2011, 4:34 PM EDT for Morris County, Sussex County, 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
May 18, 2011, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2011, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 225 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

614 
WGUS51 KPHI 182034
FFWPHI
NJC027-037-041-190030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0002.110518T2034Z-110519T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
434 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MORRIS COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MORRISTOWN...
  SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEWTON...
  NORTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT

* AT 421 PM EDT...ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN    
  THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF 
  RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS 
  EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HOPE...HIGH
  POINT...HAINESVILLE...GREEN POND...FLATBROOKVILLE...FIVE POINTS...
  WHARTON...VERNON VALLEY...SUSSEX...SUCCASUNNA...STANHOPE...
  ROCKAWAY...RIVERDALE...PEQUANNOCK TOWNSHIP...PARSIPPANY...
  OGDENSBURG...NETCONG...MOUNTAIN LAKES...MOUNT ARLINGTON...MORRIS
  PLAINS...MENDHAM...MADISON...LONG VALLEY...LINCOLN PARK...LAKE
  TELEMARK...LAKE MOHAWK...KINNELON...HOPATCONG...HIGHLAND LAKE...
  HAMBURG...HACKETTSTOWN...GREAT MEADOWS-VIENNA...FRANKLIN...FLORHAM
  PARK...EAST HANOVER...DOVER...CRANDON LAKES...CHESTER...CHATHAM...
  BUTLER...BUDD LAKE...BRANCHVILLE...BOONTON...BLAIRSTOWN...ANDOVER
  AND ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY

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 4120 7437 4109 7449 4104 7449 4105 7447
      4097 7427 4089 7429 4089 7433 4086 7431
      4073 7437 4080 7492 4101 7508 4107 7497
      4108 7499 4110 7499 4115 7491 4127 7484
      4134 7475 4135 7468

$$

KRUZDLO/ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 4:00 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more25 hr
May 18, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean66 min
May 18, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer59 min
May 18, 2:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset4 hr
May 18, 2:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren6 hr
May 18, 4:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris32 hr
May 18, 4:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris72 hr
May 18, 4:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Passaic36 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2011Every flash 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.