Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Jun 12, 2012, 11:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 6 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
- Jun 12, 2012, 11:01 PM EDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013
WGUS41 KPHI 130301
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1101 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012
NJC001-011-015-033-130900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0011.120613T0301Z-120613T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
1101 PM EDT TUE JUN 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 500 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 1058 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY. BETWEEN ONE AND ONE-HALF AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE AREA FROM AN EARLIER BATCH OF HEAVY RAIN. AN
ADDITIONAL INCH OR SO OF RAIN WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS ROAD FLOODING. THE MAURICE RIVER AT NORMA
IS RISING QUICKLY AND COULD GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3937 7468 3938 7534 3962 7534 3962 7489
3961 7488 3962 7486 3961 7469
$$
HAYES2 follow-up statements
211
WGUS81 KPHI 130440
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1240 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012
NJC001-011-015-033-130900-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120613T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
1240 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
SALEM...WESTERN ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTIES...
AT 1239 AM EDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS EXITED THE WARNING AREA.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN LATE TUESDAY EVENING AND EARLY
THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO ENTER CREEKS AND STREAMS...RESULTING IN
SHARP RISES. THE RUNOFF COULD PUSH SOME OF THE CREEKS AND STREAMS
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS MORNING.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3937 7468 3938 7534 3962 7534 3962 7489
3961 7488 3962 7486 3961 7469
$$
HAYES111
WGUS81 KPHI 130801
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
401 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012
NJC001-011-015-033-130900-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120613T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GLOUCESTER NJ-ATLANTIC NJ-SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
401 AM EDT WED JUN 13 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHERN CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
SALEM...WESTERN ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTIES...
WHILE THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...THERE MAY STILL BE SOME
FLOODING NEAR SMALL STREAMS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS ALONG SOME OF
THE AREA ROADS.
NO LARGER STREAMS HAVE FLOODED. THE COHANSEY RIVER WAS STILL
RISING.
THERE HAVE EARLIER REPORTS OF FLOODING NEAR NORMA.
THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS AREAL FLOOD
WARNING.
THE FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS
NOT EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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 3937 7468 3938 7534 3962 7534 3962 7489
3961 7488 3962 7486 3961 7469
$$
DRAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 106 min |
| Jun 12, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 117 min |
| Jun 12, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 10:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex | 104 min |
| Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 3:35 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 28 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2012Every areal flood warning in 2012
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.