Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Sep 4, 2012, 6:02 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 16 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 4, 2012, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2012, 10:19 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Burlington County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542 WGUS41 KPHI 042202 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 602 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 NJC005-050400- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0023.120904T2202Z-120905T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLINGTON NJ- 602 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT * AT 600 PM EDT BURLINGTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT ROUTE 563 FROM CHATSWORTH TO NEW GRETNA WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. 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. DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS COULD PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK AND COST YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VEHICLE REPAIRS. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3983 7456 3984 7448 3958 7439 3956 7447 $$ ROBERTSON
2 follow-up statements
994 WGUS41 KPHI 050329 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1129 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 NJC005-051600- /O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120905T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLINGTON NJ- 1129 PM EDT TUE SEP 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL NOON EDT WEDNESDAY * AT 1125 PM EDT...THERE WAS CONTINUED RESIDUAL FLOODING IN SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. PARTS OF ROUTE 563 REMAINED CLOSED. IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE. AS A RESULT...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON ON WEDNESDAY. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS COULD PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK AND COST YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VEHICLE REPAIRS. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3983 7456 3984 7448 3958 7439 3956 7447 $$ IOVINO
983 WGUS81 KPHI 051419 FLSPHI FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1019 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 NJC005-051428- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120905T1600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLINGTON NJ- 1019 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY... THE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORTED THAT THE FLOODING HAS ENDED, THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3983 7456 3984 7448 3958 7439 3956 7447 $$ GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 9:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:34 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Ocean | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Ocean | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 47 hr | |
| Sep 4, 6:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 106 min |
| Sep 4, 12:39 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 56 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 1:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 34 min |
| Sep 4, 2:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Warren | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 32 min |
| Sep 4, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 4:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 54 min |
| Sep 4, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 3 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 65 min |
| Sep 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 7:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 55 min |
| Sep 4, 7:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 114 min |
| Sep 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 60 min |
| Sep 4, 7:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.