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Areal Flood Advisory 188, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 22, 2013Hunterdon County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 22, 2013, 8:59 AM EDT for Hunterdon County, Morris County, Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2013, 8:59 AM EDT (12:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Aug 22, 8:36 AM EDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 8:36 AM EDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 3:50 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
350 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-070-071-101>106-230800-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
350 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-431-450>455-230800-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
350 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
547 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-221115-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-
547 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN
CARBON...NORTHERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN SUSSEX COUNTIES...

AT 541 AM EDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED FROM BLOOMING GROVE TO GOULSBORO STATE PARK TO LAKE
HARMONY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN
NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE
STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS. LOCALLY HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS MIGHT REACH AROUND HALF
AN INCH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR LAKE HARMONY AROUND 600 AM...TOBYHANNA
AROUND 615 AM...POCONO PINES AROUND 630 AM...SKYTOP AROUND 645
AM...TANNERSVILLE AROUND 700 AM AND ALPINE MOUNTAIN AROUND 715 AM.
THIS LINE MIGHT CLIP NORTHWEST SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY AFTER 7 AM.

LAT...LON 4124 7512 4116 7515 4114 7508 4109 7503
      4104 7521 4100 7575 4102 7574 4105 7578
      4106 7578 4114 7568 4113 7564 4122 7556
      4124 7545 4126 7513

TFG
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 7:24 AM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
724 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NJZ009-010-012-013-015-019-PAZ106-221230-
HUNTERDON NJ-LOWER BUCKS PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SOMERSET NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
724 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MERCER...MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN
BURLINGTON...SOMERSET...SOUTHEASTERN BUCKS...SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON
AND WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES...

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PORTIONS OF BUCKS...
BURLINGTON...HUNTERDON...MERCER...MIDDLESEX...MONMOUTH AND SOMERSET
COUNTIES AT 718 AM EDT. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE GENERALLY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN
CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

LAT...LON 4067 7457 4028 7418 3998 7483 4034 7512

FORECASTER: AMC
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 8:28 AM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
828 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

NJZ008-010-012-221330-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MORRIS NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
828 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MIDDLESEX...SOMERSET AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORRIS COUNTIES...

AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERED PORTIONS OF MIDDLESEX...
MORRIS AND SOMERSET COUNTIES AT 822 AM EDT. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE GENERALLY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL
CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN
CAN CAUSE RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

LAT...LON 4055 7424 4046 7426 4035 7450 4062 7470
      4064 7473 4072 7472 4098 7435 4090 7429
      4090 7433 4084 7432 4079 7436 4074 7436
      4068 7445 4067 7440 4060 7444 4061 7421
      4058 7420

FORECASTER: AMC
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 8:32 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
832 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

DEZ003-004-221330-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-INLAND SUSSEX DE-
832 AM EDT THU AUG 22 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SUSSEX COUNTY...

AT 828 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR ELLENDALE...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THE RAIN CAN CAUSE RAPID
RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ELLENDALE AROUND 840 AM...MILTON AROUND 850
AM...SLAUGHTER BEACH AROUND 900 AM AND LEWES AROUND 910 AM.

LAT...LON 3869 7553 3884 7559 3884 7556 3886 7552
      3889 7551 3895 7531 3893 7532 3881 7518
      3879 7515 3880 7508 3876 7507

FORECASTER: AMC

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset66 min
Aug 22, 7:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer117 min
Aug 22, 8:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset62 min
Aug 22, 10:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset5 hr
Aug 22, 11:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset2 hr
Aug 22, 12:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset4 hr
Aug 22, 12:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset4 hr
Aug 22, 1:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset4 hr
Aug 22, 1:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer4 hr
Aug 22, 1:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth81 min
Aug 22, 1:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth4 hr
Aug 22, 2:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean4 hr
Aug 22, 3:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset8 hr
Aug 22, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester97 min
Aug 22, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester89 min
Aug 22, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem4 hr
Aug 22, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic94 min
Aug 22, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI93 min
Aug 22, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren89 min
Aug 22, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May92 min
Aug 22, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Aug 22, 5:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe88 min
Aug 22, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Lehigh, Northampton57 min
Aug 22, 12:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex115 min
Aug 22, 1:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex113 min
Aug 22, 8:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex58 min
Aug 22, 5:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent86 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.