Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Issued

Jul 15, 2014, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)

Expired

Jul 15, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

934 
WGUS51 KPHI 151750
FFWPHI
NJC023-025-029-152145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0036.140715T1750Z-140715T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
150 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
  EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SOUTH AMBOY...PERTH AMBOY...
  NORTHWESTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 148 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  SAYREVILLE...EDISON...COLONIA AND CARTERET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4002 7443 4009 7456 4023 7451 4024 7448
      4028 7450 4052 7442 4061 7433 4060 7429
      4061 7424 4056 7422 4055 7424 4047 7426
      4046 7421 4046 7418 4042 7416

$$

SFJ

552 
WGUS71 KPHI 151848
FFSPHI

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
248 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

NJC023-025-029-152145-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-140715T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
248 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OCEAN...WESTERN MONMOUTH AND EASTERN MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES...

AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA 
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SOUTH
AMBOY...SAYREVILLE...PERTH AMBOY...MATAWAN...EDISON...EAST
BRUNSWICK...COLONIA AND CARTERET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY
AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

&&

LAT...LON 4002 7443 4009 7456 4023 7451 4024 7448
      4028 7450 4052 7442 4061 7433 4060 7429
      4061 7424 4056 7422 4055 7424 4047 7426
      4046 7421 4046 7418 4042 7416

$$

SFJ

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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.