Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 45, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Dec 21, 2012, 10:30 PM EST for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 85 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2012, 10:30 PM EST (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 11:55 PM EST
- In force
- 85 min
- 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), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 997 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
473
WGUS41 KPHI 220330
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1030 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
NJC037-041-220730-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0045.121222T0330Z-121222T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
1030 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 230 AM EST
* AT 1029 PM EST THE PEQUEST RIVER IN PEQUEST AND THE PAPAKATING
RIVER IN PELLETTOWN ARE STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. A SLOW FALL IN
WATER LEVELS IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
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 4136 7468 4121 7438 4095 7464 4091 7478
4071 7497 4059 7519 4075 7519 4078 7517
4077 7513 4083 7508 4085 7510 4086 7505
4099 7513 4108 7497 4109 7499 4116 7491
4132 7479
$$
AMC2 follow-up statements
610
WGUS81 KPHI 220339
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1039 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
NJC041-220345-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0045.000000T0000Z-121222T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-
1039 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL
STREAMS IN WARREN COUNTY...
AT 1035 PM EST THE PEQUEST RIVER IN PEQUEST HAS FALL BELOW THE FLOOD
STAGE OF 4.0 FEET. A CONTINUED SLOW FALL IS FORECAST FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
LAT...LON 4121 7438 4105 7454 4098 7463 4095 7464
4092 7477 4109 7496 4109 7499 4117 7489
4132 7479 4136 7468
$$
NJC037-220730-
/O.CON.KPHI.FA.W.0045.000000T0000Z-121222T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-
1039 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM EST FOR URBAN
AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN SUSSEX COUNTY...
AT 1035 PM EST THE PAPAKATING RIVER IN PELLETTOWN IS STILL ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE. A SLOW FALL IN WATER LEVELS IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REMMAINDER OF THIS EVENING.
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 4121 7438 4105 7454 4098 7463 4095 7464
4092 7477 4109 7496 4109 7499 4117 7489
4132 7479 4136 7468
$$
AMC468
WGUS81 KPHI 220455
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1155 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
NJC037-220502-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0045.000000T0000Z-121222T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-
1155 PM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL
STREAMS IN SUSSEX COUNTY...
THE PAPAKATING CREEK IN PELLETTOWN HAS FALLEN BELOW THE FLOOD STAGE
OF 4.0 FEET. A CONTINUING FALL IN WATER LEVELS IS FORECAST FOR THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.
LAT...LON 4121 7438 4105 7454 4098 7463 4095 7464
4092 7477 4109 7496 4109 7499 4117 7489
4132 7479 4136 7468
$$
AMCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 8:38 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 31 hr |
| Dec 22, 10:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 21 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.