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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 8, 2011Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2011, 4:58 AM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 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 8, 2011, 4:58 AM EDT (08:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2011, 8:11 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:00 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2011-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 00:00Z on 2011-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

856 
WGUS51 KPHI 080858
FFWPHI
NJC023-025-029-081500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0058.110908T0858Z-110908T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
458 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...

* AT 453 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE    
  TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. RAPID     
  RUNOFF CAN BE EXPECTED RESULTING IN ROADWAY AND POOR DRAINAGE      
  FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS WILL ALSO RISE QUICKLY.


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

LAT...LON 3986 7444 4017 7461 4017 7458 4024 7448
      4026 7448 4032 7462 4035 7463 4041 7459
      4048 7447 4054 7453 4058 7450 4060 7442
      4059 7429 4060 7423 4057 7420 4055 7424
      4047 7427 4044 7419 4045 7417

$$

FORECASTER:JJM
1 follow-up statement
031 
WGUS71 KPHI 081211
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
811 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

NJC023-025-029-081221-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-110908T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
811 AM EDT THU SEP 8 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN
OCEAN...WESTERN MONMOUTH AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

THE WATERS FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ARE RECEDING AND FLOOD WATERS
NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW BRUNSWICK
AND PERTH AMBOY.

LAT...LON 3986 7444 4017 7461 4017 7458 4024 7448
      4026 7448 4032 7462 4035 7463 4041 7459
      4048 7447 4054 7453 4058 7450 4060 7442
      4059 7429 4060 7423 4057 7420 4055 7424
      4047 7427 4044 7419 4045 7417

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 9:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris42 hr
Sep 7, 11:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 4 more3 hr
Sep 8, 1:25 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem7 hr
Sep 8, 2:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer6 hr
Sep 8, 3:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren6 hr
Sep 8, 4:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset7 hr
Sep 8, 4:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBergen, Morris, Passaic36 hr
Sep 8, 4:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHISomerset18 hr
Sep 8, 4:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset36 hr
Sep 8, 4:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMercer18 hr
Sep 8, 4:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIBurlington15 hr
Sep 8, 5:30 AM EDTCoastal Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester6 hr
Sep 8, 5:30 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester8 hr
Sep 8, 5:30 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICumberland, Salem17 hr
Sep 8, 8:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 1 more16 hr
Sep 8, 9:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset24 hr
Sep 8, 9:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIMorris7 days
Sep 8, 11:12 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren8 hr
Sep 8, 11:42 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester15 hr
Sep 8, 12:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICumberland, Salem2 hr
Sep 8, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland60 min
Sep 8, 5:08 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset16 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.