Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2012
Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at May 25, 2012, 3:55 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 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
- May 25, 2012, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2012, 7:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Burlington County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
626 WGUS41 KPHI 251955 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 355 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 NJC005-252245- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0006.120525T1955Z-120525T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLINGTON NJ- 355 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 645 PM EDT * AT 352 PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP AREA NEAR NEW JERSEY STATE ROUTE 72. DOPPLER RADAR STORM TOTAL ESTIMATES HAVE REACHED BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES IN THE TOWNSHIP WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. * SMALLER STREAMS MIGHT FLOOD, BUT THE GREATEST IMPACT MIGHT BE ON STATE ROUTE 72 TOWARD THE SHORE IF STORMS BACK BUILD OVER THE ROADWAY. 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... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. 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 3979 7469 3992 7474 3996 7449 3984 7443 $$ TFG
2 follow-up statements
785 WGUS41 KPHI 252218 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 618 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 NJC005-260145- /O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120526T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLINGTON NJ- 618 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 616 PM EDT ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE WOODLAND TOWNSHIP AREA. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL AND RENEW FLOODING OF SMALLER STREAMS IN THE AREA. IN ADDITION, POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING MIGHT OCCUR ON NEW JERSEY STATE ROUTE 72. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS. DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS COULD PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK AND COST YOU THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VEHICLE REPAIRS. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3979 7469 3992 7474 3996 7449 3984 7443 $$ TFG
417 WGUS81 KPHI 252305 FLSPHI FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 705 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 NJC005-252314- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120526T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLINGTON NJ- 705 PM EDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SMALL STREAMS IN CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY... THE SECOND AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COLLAPSED AS IT WAS ENTERING THE WARNING AREA. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO REPORTS OF ONGOING FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA AND NO ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL RAIN IS EXPECTED. THUS THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3979 7469 3992 7474 3996 7449 3984 7443 $$ TFG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 90 min |
| May 25, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington | 2 hr |
| May 25, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth | 53 min |
| May 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 90 min |
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.