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River Flood Warning 214, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 23, 2011Passaic County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Nov 23, 2011, 3:27 PM EST for Passaic County, New Jersey. It took effect at Nov 23, 2011, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 80 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 23, 2011, 3:27 PM EST (20:27 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 23, 2011, 8:00 PM EST
Expired: Nov 23, 2011, 9:20 PM EST
In force: 80 min
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Flood severity: Minor

County Passaic County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 river

Written for the forecast point Wanaque River at Wanaque (WNQN4). The gauge peaked at 4.61 ft at Nov 23, 2011, 7:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 6 ft
Moderate stage: 8 ft
Major stage: 9 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01387000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

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

945 
WGUS41 KPHI 232027
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
327 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY... 

  WANAQUE RIVER AT WANAQUE DAM AFFECTING PASSAIC COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE 
WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

&&

NJC031-240227-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0214.111124T0100Z-111125T2100Z/
/WNQN4.1.ER.111124T0100Z.111124T1800Z.111125T1500Z.NO/
327 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE WANAQUE RIVER AT WANAQUE DAM.
* FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS 
  CANCELLED.
* AT 3:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 4.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
  TO NEAR 5.5 FEET BY EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE FRIDAY MORNING.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WANAQUE RIVER
  WANAQUE DAM      5.0    4.56  WED 3 PM      5.5    THU 1 PM 

&&

1 follow-up statement

533 
WGUS81 KPHI 240220
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
920 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE WANAQUE RIVER AT
WANAQUE DAM...

FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED ON THE WANAQUE RIVER.

&&

NJC031-240250-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0214.000000T0000Z-111125T2100Z/
/WNQN4.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
920 PM EST WED NOV 23 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WANAQUE RIVER AT WANAQUE DAM.
* AT 9:00 PM...THE STAGE WAS 4.52 FEET AND FALLING. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 5.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT A LEVEL OF
  4.63 FEET AT 7:45 PM. THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
  OVERNIGHT AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.

$$

                   FLD     OBSERVED           FORECAST
 LOCATION          STG    STG  DAY TIME       CREST

WANAQUE RIVER
  WANAQUE DAM      5.0    4.52  WED 900 PM    CRESTED 

&&

IOVINO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 22, 7:42 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren	4 hr
Nov 22, 9:29 PM EST	Gale Warning	PHI		30 hr
Nov 22, 9:32 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more	15 hr
Nov 23, 1:17 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	6 hr
Nov 23, 1:30 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren	6 hr
Nov 23, 3:08 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more	3 hr
Nov 23, 3:44 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren	8 hr
Nov 23, 5:13 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more	3 hr
Nov 23, 6:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Hunterdon, Somerset	5 hr
Nov 23, 11:55 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Morris, Somerset	13 hr
Nov 23, 12:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Somerset	20 hr
Nov 23, 1:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PHI	Middlesex, Somerset	7 hr
Nov 23, 2:29 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean	11 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.