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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 7, 2013Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2013, 6:28 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 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 7, 2013, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2013, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 63 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2013-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2013-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
483 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

083 
WGUS51 KPHI 072228
FFWPHI
NJC011-033-080230-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0004.130607T2228Z-130608T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SALEM COUNTY...
  NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

* AT 619 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND  AND SALEM COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRIDGETON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO 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!

&&

LAT...LON 3971 7550 3978 7540 3971 7536 3969 7531
      3968 7526 3966 7524 3967 7520 3957 7507
      3928 7529 3934 7534 3935 7539 3943 7547
      3947 7555 3957 7552 3960 7556 3964 7556

$$

KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
782 
WGUS71 KPHI 080229
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1029 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

NJC011-033-080239-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130608T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-
1029 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND AND SALEM COUNTIES...

THE WATERS FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS ARE RECEDING AND NO LONGER
POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3971 7550 3978 7540 3971 7536 3969 7531
      3968 7526 3966 7524 3967 7520 3957 7507
      3928 7529 3934 7534 3935 7539 3943 7547
      3947 7555 3957 7552 3960 7556 3964 7556

$$

KRUZDLO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:42 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean48 hr
Jun 7, 10:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Warren4 hr
Jun 7, 1:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more6 hr
Jun 7, 2:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean6 hr
Jun 7, 3:19 PM EDTGale WarningPHI12 hr
Jun 7, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset18 hr
Jun 7, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Ocean, Salem53 min
Jun 7, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI82 min
Jun 7, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jun 7, 7:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester7 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.