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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 30, 2013Burlington County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2013, 2:32 PM EDT for Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2013, 2:32 PM EDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2013, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Burlington County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 30, 2:45 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Evesham Twp, NJ	SOME ROADWAY FLOODING REPORTED IN EVESHAM TWP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 298 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1020 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

627 
WGUS51 KPHI 301832
FFWPHI
NJC005-302230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0027.130630T1832Z-130630T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
232 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

* AT 228 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY.
  RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE APPROACHING THREE INCHES IN EVESHAM AND
  MEDFORD.
  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

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 SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR IN AN
AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! NEVER TRY
TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE
RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 3971 7471 3974 7477 3993 7499 4010 7456
      3986 7444 3983 7441 3982 7442

$$

TFG

1 follow-up statement

247 
WGUS71 KPHI 302104
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
504 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

NJC005-302114-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130630T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BURLINGTON NJ-
504 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BURLINGTON
COUNTY...

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 JUST SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY
CONTINUE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO.

LAT...LON 3971 7471 3974 7477 3993 7499 4010 7456
      3986 7444 3983 7441 3982 7442

$$
 
TFG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 5:29 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean	15 hr
Jun 30, 12:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Gloucester	49 min
Jun 30, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester	55 min
Jun 30, 1:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Camden, Gloucester, Salem	4 hr
Jun 30, 1:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Burlington	4 hr
Jun 30, 2:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	PHI	Burlington	4 hr
Jun 30, 3:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Monmouth, Ocean	4 hr
Jun 30, 4:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Gloucester	9 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.