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Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2013, 3:42 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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
- Jun 24, 2013, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 705 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1279 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
319
WGUS51 KPHI 241942
FFWPHI
NJC005-021-023-025-029-242245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0017.130624T1942Z-130624T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
342 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY...
SOUTH CENTRAL MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY...
SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY...
NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT...
* AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY NEAR THE
BORDERS OF BURLINGTON...MERCER...MONMOUTH...AND OCEAN COUNTIES.
WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN ON THE WAY...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RURAL AREAS
OF NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON...NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...SOUTH CENTRAL
MIDDLESEX...SOUTHEASTERN MERCER AND SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD
TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY
FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN
AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 3995 7458 4012 7479 4013 7476 4013 7474
4016 7472 4019 7476 4020 7476 4040 7439
4019 7419
$$
FORECASTER:JJM1 follow-up statement
480
WGUS71 KPHI 242136
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
536 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013
NJC005-021-023-025-029-242146-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-130624T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
536 PM EDT MON JUN 24 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN
OCEAN...SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH...NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON...SOUTH
CENTRAL MIDDLESEX AND SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTIES...
THE WATERS FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ARE RECEDING AND FLOOD WATERS
NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH
FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
WATER IS RECEDING...BUT A FEW MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY
CONTINUE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO.
LAT...LON 3995 7458 4012 7479 4013 7476 4013 7474
4016 7472 4019 7476 4020 7476 4040 7439
4019 7419
$$
FORECASTER: JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 117 min | |
| Jun 24, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 31 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.