Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Jan 12, 2012, 11:57 AM EST for Somerset 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
- Jan 12, 2012, 11:57 AM EST (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2012, 3:56 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Somerset County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 565 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 778 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
513
WGUS41 KPHI 121657
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1157 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012
NJC035-122245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0001.120112T1657Z-120112T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOMERSET NJ-
1157 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
WESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 545 PM EST
* AT 1151 AM EST...THE NORTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER AT SOUTH BRANCH
WAS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. WATERS WERE RISING IN RESPONSE TO THE 1.50 TO
2.00 INCHES OF RAINFALL THE AREA RECEIVED.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.
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 4039 7474 4050 7480 4050 7477 4054 7475
4057 7471 4060 7473 4062 7471 4063 7473
4064 7473 4066 7474 4068 7463 4045 7455
$$
KRUZDLO1 follow-up statement
475
WGUS81 KPHI 122056
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
356 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012
NJC035-122105-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOMERSET NJ-
356 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SMALL STREAMS IN WESTERN
SOMERSET COUNTY...
THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE RARITAN RIVER AT THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH BRANCH
HAS FALLEN BELOW ITS 7 FOOT FLOOD STAGE.
LAT...LON 4039 7474 4050 7480 4050 7477 4054 7475
4057 7471 4060 7473 4062 7471 4063 7473
4064 7473 4066 7474 4068 7463 4045 7455
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 5:52 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 6 hr |
| Jan 12, 6:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 3 more | 350 days |
| Jan 12, 1:19 PM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 73 min |
| Jan 12, 3:56 PM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 30 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.