Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2015, 7:35 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cumberland County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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 27, 2015, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2015, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 27, 8:05 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Buena, NJ | ROUTE 40 IN BUENA FLOODED AND BLOCKED OFF. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WGUS51 KPHI 272335 FFWPHI NJC001-011-015-280330- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0019.150627T2335Z-150628T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 735 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 1130 PM EDT * AT 733 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN TWO AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VINELAND...BUENA...NEWFIELD...MIZPAH...FOLSOM AND COLLINGS LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3956 7478 3943 7487 3951 7507 3963 7499 $$ KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
276 WGUS71 KPHI 280324 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1124 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 NJC001-011-015-280333- /O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-150628T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ATLANTIC NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ- 1124 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER AND NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE COME TO AN END, SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LAT...LON 3956 7478 3943 7487 3951 7507 3963 7499 $$ KRUZDLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 5:30 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 17 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 45 min | |
| Jun 27, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Jun 27, 5:30 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Jun 27, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Jun 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Jun 27, 7:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 34 min |
| Jun 27, 7:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 91 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.