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Areal Flood Advisory 207, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 2, 2015Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Oct 2, 2015, 7:16 PM EDT for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Oct 2, 2015, 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2015, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Oct 2, 7:08 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 7:08 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 2, 1:32 PM EDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
132 PM EDT FRI OCT 02 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1231 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    NORTH WILDWOOD          39.00N  74.80W
10/02/2015                   CAPE MAY           NJ   SOCIAL MEDIA

            FLOODING 5TH AVENUE AND NEW YORK AVENUE

&&

EVENT NUMBER PHI1500785

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 2:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
236 PM EDT FRI OCT 02 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0234 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    LONG BEACH PARK         39.72N  74.13W
10/02/2015                   OCEAN              NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY PONDING OF ROADS ALONG
            MAIN BLVD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER PHI1500786

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 3:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
307 PM EDT FRI OCT 02 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1201 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    MILTON                  38.78N  75.31W
10/02/2015                   SUSSEX             DE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROAD CLOSURES CHANDLER STREET... FRONT STREET... AND
            MAGNOLIA STREET

1230 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    NORTH WILDWOOD          39.00N  74.80W
10/02/2015                   CAPE MAY           NJ   SOCIAL MEDIA

            FLOODING 25TH AND DELAWARE AVENUE

1230 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    NORTH WILDWOOD          39.00N  74.80W
10/02/2015                   CAPE MAY           NJ   SOCIAL MEDIA

            FLOODING 19TH AND MARYLAND AVENUE

1231 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    NORTH WILDWOOD          39.00N  74.80W
10/02/2015                   CAPE MAY           NJ   SOCIAL MEDIA

            FLOODING 5TH AVENUE AND NEW YORK AVENUE

0234 PM     COASTAL FLOOD    LONG BEACH PARK         39.72N  74.13W
10/02/2015                   OCEAN              NJ   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY PONDING OF ROADS ALONG
            MAIN BLVD.

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EVENT NUMBER PHI1500780 PHI1500783 PHI1500784 PHI1500785 PHI1500786

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 3:30 AM EDT	Storm Warning	PHI		24 hr
Oct 2, 4:23 AM EDT	High Wind Warning	PHI	Atlantic, Cape May	14 hr
Oct 2, 10:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	4 hr
Oct 2, 3:57 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot	24 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.