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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2014, 1:50 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington 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
- Aug 1, 2014, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
364 WGUS51 KPHI 011750 FFWPHI NJC001-005-012145- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0044.140801T1750Z-140801T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 150 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 147 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BATSTO AND HAMMONTON. PORTIONS OF THE WHITEHORSE AND BLACKHORSE PIKES AND THE ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. 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 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3958 7489 3975 7467 3965 7452 3948 7473 $$ AMC
1 follow-up statement
039 WGUS71 KPHI 012007 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 407 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 NJC001-005-012016- /O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140801T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BURLINGTON NJ-ATLANTIC NJ- 407 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC AND SOUTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES... THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED AWAY AND NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3958 7489 3975 7467 3965 7452 3948 7473 $$ AMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 56 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014
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.