Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Advisories in 2015
Areal Flood Advisory 64, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 15, 2015, 3:43 PM EDT for Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2015, 3:43 PM EDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Morris County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 456 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 397 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 607 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jun 15, 11:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 11:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 3:41 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 341 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015-020-026-PAZ054-055-062-161945- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON- 341 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RENEWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. TODAYS THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN DECREASES AFTER THIS MONDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND LATER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY OVER THE COMING WEEKEND. BOTH THESE EPISODES COULD ALSO RESULT IN POCKETS OF FLASH FLOODING AND/OR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ001-NJZ016>019-021>023-027-PAZ060-061-070-071-101>106-161945- NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER- WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- 341 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND LATER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY OVER THE COMING WEEKEND. BOTH THESE EPISODES COULD ALSO RESULT IN POCKETS OF FLASH FLOODING AND/OR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ002-003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-161945- KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 341 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CAUSING POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN DELMARVA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND LATER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY OVER THE COMING WEEKEND. BOTH THESE EPISODES COULD ALSO RESULT IN POCKETS OF FLOODING AND/OR DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ004-NJZ014-024-025-161945- DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC- 341 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLY CAUSING POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND LATER THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY OVER THE COMING WEEKEND. BOTH THESE EPISODES COULD ALSO RESULT IN POCKETS OF FLOODING AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-450>455-161945- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 341 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN THURSDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 KNOTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:58 AM EDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 10:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 8:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Northampton | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's | 3 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Advisories in New Jersey, 2015Every areal flood advisory in 2015
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.