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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 7, 2013Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2013, 7:01 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 7 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, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2013, 1:46 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.

278 
WGUS51 KPHI 072301
FFWPHI
NJC007-015-080300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0005.130607T2301Z-130608T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT...

* AT 654 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER GLOUCESTER AND WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CAMDEN AND
  GLOUCESTER CITY.

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 3957 7507 3967 7520 3966 7524 3970 7533
      3973 7538 3978 7540 3978 7544 3985 7534
      3985 7527 3988 7515 3995 7514 4000 7504
      3998 7501 3995 7502 3994 7498 3989 7493
      3981 7491

$$

KRUZDLO
2 follow-up statements
786 
WGUS51 KPHI 080244
FFWPHI
NJC007-015-080600-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130608T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1044 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY...
  GLOUCESTER COUNTY...

* UNTIL 200 AM EDT...

* AT 1042 PM EDT...MANTUA CREEK IN PITMAN WAS RISING RAPIDLY AND WAS 
APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. THE COOPER RIVER IN HADDONFIELD REMAINED 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE SOUTH BRANCH PENNSAUKEN CREEK WAS ALSO 
RUNNING HIGH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 7507 3967 7520 3966 7524 3970 7533
      3973 7538 3978 7540 3978 7544 3985 7534
      3985 7527 3988 7515 3995 7514 4000 7504
      3998 7501 3995 7502 3994 7498 3989 7493
      3981 7491

$$

KRUZDLO
786 
WGUS71 KPHI 080546
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
146 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

NJC007-015-080553-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130608T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
146 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR GLOUCESTER AND
WESTERN CAMDEN COUNTIES...

FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER A THREAT, BUT RIVER FLOODING STILL 
PERSISTS. THE COOPER RIVER IN HADDONFIELD IS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AND 
THE RACCOON CREEK IN SWEDESBORO IS APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE REPLACED WITH AN AREAL FLOOD 
WARNING TO COVER THE RIVERS.

LAT...LON 3957 7507 3967 7520 3966 7524 3970 7533
      3973 7538 3978 7540 3978 7544 3985 7534
      3985 7527 3988 7515 3995 7514 4000 7504
      3998 7501 3995 7502 3994 7498 3989 7493
      3981 7491

$$

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, 6:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICumberland, Salem4 hr
Jun 7, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 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.