Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT for Camden County, Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2014, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 4:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Glassboro, NJ | WATER AROUND A FOOT DEEP IN A SHOPPING CENTER... TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 10, 4:48 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pitman, NJ | WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
413
WGUS51 KPHI 102005
FFWPHI
NJC007-015-033-102300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0005.140610T2005Z-140610T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
405 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
* AT 400 PM EDT...A SLOW MOVING CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IS TRACKING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
INDICATE THAT RAINFALL RATES ARE ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES WITHIN
AN HOUR. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL
LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILLIAMSTOWN...MULLICA HILL...GIBBSTOWN...CHESILHURST...
TURNERSVILLE...SWEDESBORO...SICKLERVILLE...PITMAN...PENNS GROVE...
GLASSBORO...CARNEYS POINT AND BECKETT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
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 3955 7495 3955 7504 3957 7506 3956 7507
3957 7553 3960 7556 3964 7557 3967 7552
3971 7550 3972 7548 3976 7546 3984 7535
3971 7476
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 6 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.