Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2014
Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Apr 15, 2014, 7:54 PM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It was in force for 6 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
- Apr 15, 2014, 7:54 PM EDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2014, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
725
WGUS41 KPHI 152354
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
754 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014
NJC035-160545-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0013.140415T2354Z-140416T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOMERSET NJ-
754 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 750 PM EDT...MINOR FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE LAMINGTON
RIVER IN NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET COUNTY. THE RIVER LEVEL SHOULD RISE
SLOWLY BEFORE CRESTING THIS EVENING WITH THE RIVER RETURNING
WITHIN ITS BANKS OVERNIGHT.
THIS FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN
AROUND...DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT...LON 4059 7463 4059 7472 4062 7470 4064 7473
4067 7473 4070 7471 4072 7472 4074 7464
4074 7462
$$
IOVINO1 follow-up statement
064
WGUS81 KPHI 160434
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1234 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014
NJC035-160439-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140416T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOMERSET NJ-
1234 AM EDT WED APR 16 2014
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN SOMERSET
COUNTY...
THE LAMINGTON RIVER HAS CRESTED AND FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. THE
RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, THEREFORE
THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS FOR THE NORTH BRANCH RARITAN RIVER IN EAST
CENTRAL SOMERSET COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4059 7463 4059 7472 4062 7470 4064 7473
4067 7473 4070 7471 4072 7472 4074 7464
4074 7462
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:40 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:05 AM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 30 hr | |
| Apr 15, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 3:32 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 37 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.