Alert archive / New Jersey / River Flood Warnings in 2013
River Flood Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2013, 9:41 PM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It took effect at Jun 7, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2013, 9:41 PM EDT (01:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 7, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2013, 6:28 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Mercer County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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 river
Written for the forecast point Assunpink Creek at Trenton (TACN4). The gauge peaked at 8.98 ft at Jun 8, 2013, 4:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 8.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9.5 ft
- Major stage
- 11 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01464000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS41 KPHI 080141
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
941 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
&&
NJC021-080741-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0012.130608T0300Z-130608T1845Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.130608T0300Z.130608T0600Z.130608T1245Z.UU/
941 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT 9:15 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE
TO NEAR 8.8 FEET BY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE BY TOMORROW MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS. EVACUATIONS POSSIBLE.
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 7.87 FRI 9 PM 8.8 SAT 2 AM
&&2 follow-up statements
407
WGUS81 KPHI 080720
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY
320 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW JERSEY...
ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON AFFECTING MERCER COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
&&
NJC021-081720-
/O.CON.KPHI.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130608T1845Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.130608T0302Z.130608T0900Z.130608T1245Z.UU/
320 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* AT 3:00 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.1 FEET BY EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...MULBERRY STREET FLOODS. EVACUATIONS POSSIBLE.
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 8.97 SAT 3 AM 9.1 SAT 5 AM
&&053
WGUS81 KPHI 081028
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
628 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE ASSUNPINK CREEK...
&&
NJC021-081058-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FL.W.0012.000000T0000Z-130608T1845Z/
/TACN4.1.ER.130608T0302Z.130608T0800Z.130608T0946Z.UU/
628 AM EDT SAT JUN 8 2013
THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT TRENTON.
* AT 6:15 AM...THE STAGE WAS 8.29 FEET AND FALLING.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.5 FEET.
* THE CREEK LEVEL FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 5:45 AM.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.
$$
FLD OBSERVED FORECAST
LOCATION STG STG DAY TIME CREST
ASSUNPINK CREEK
TRENTON 8.5 8.29 SAT 615 AM CRESTED
&&
IOVINOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington | 8 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 44 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 16 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 20 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:01 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 22 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 19 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 12 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 10 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 19 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 9 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013
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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.