Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Sep 28, 2011, 6:29 AM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 7 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2011, 6:29 AM EDT (10:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 8:15 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Branchville, NJ | QUICK RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR BRANCHVILLE. |
| Sep 28, 10:45 AM EDT | FLOOD | Newton, NJ | SOME ROAD CLOSURES IN NEWTON DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
532
WGUS51 KPHI 281029
FFWPHI
NJC037-041-281430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0066.110928T1029Z-110928T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
629 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SUSSEX COUNTY...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY...
* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT...
* AT 624 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN WARREN
AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 7443 4103 7455 4096 7464 4091 7466
4091 7476 4089 7479 4090 7508 4094 7512
4099 7513 4107 7497 4111 7498 4115 7491
4127 7484 4134 7475 4135 7468
$$
HEAVENER2 follow-up statements
212
WGUS71 KPHI 281102
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
702 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
NJC037-041-281430-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110928T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
702 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 AM EDT FOR
NORTHERN WARREN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES...
AT 654 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES CONTINUE TO INDICATE VERY
HEAVY SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING OVER NORTHERN WARREN AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWTON.
THE AREA FROM ALLAMUCHY TO HACKETTSTOWN TO CRANDON LAKES AND NEAR
FLATBROOKVILLE...BRANCHVILLE...HAINESVILLE AND MONTAGUE ARE ALL
THREATENED WITH PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SHORT TERM FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 7
AM AND 830 AM IN THE WARNED AREA WITH STORM TOTALS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES
POSSIBLE.
EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING FURTHER SOUTH IN PARTS OF HUNTERDON
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS...INCLUDING COUNTRY ROADS...AND
FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE BY CALLING YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OR BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT...1-877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 7443 4103 7455 4096 7464 4091 7466
4091 7476 4089 7479 4090 7508 4094 7512
4099 7513 4107 7497 4111 7498 4115 7491
4127 7484 4134 7475 4135 7468
$$
FORECASTER: DRAG686
WGUS51 KPHI 281423
FFWPHI
NJC037-041-281730-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-110928T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1023 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SUSSEX COUNTY...
NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT...
* AT 1012 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS LIGHTENED UP, RUNOFF WILL
CONTINUE. THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 130 PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEWTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING...HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772.
&&
LAT...LON 4123 7443 4103 7455 4096 7464 4091 7466
4091 7476 4089 7479 4090 7508 4094 7512
4099 7513 4107 7497 4111 7498 4115 7491
4127 7484 4134 7475 4135 7468
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 11:53 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and 4 more | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 3:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 39 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 4:10 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 22 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 58 min |
| Sep 28, 10:02 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 26 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.