Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2015, 4:52 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 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
- May 28, 2015, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2015, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
565
WGUS51 KPHI 282052
FFWPHI
NJC029-282345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0002.150528T2052Z-150528T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
452 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 451 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY. WATER RESCUSES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...BEACHWOOD...POINT PLEASANT BEACH...SEASIDE HEIGHTS...
MANTOLOKING...LEISURE VILLAGE...DOVER BEACHES NORTH...DOVER BEACHES
SOUTH...BRICK TOWNSHIP...LEISURE VILLAGE EAST...HOLIDAY CITY
SOUTH...POINT PLEASANT...BRIELLE...SOUTH TOMS RIVER...ISLAND
HEIGHTS...BAY HEAD AND GILFORD PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 4006 7406 4006 7412 4005 7406 4003 7405
4001 7408 4000 7406 3991 7407 3991 7408
3996 7408 3994 7415 3993 7411 3990 7414
3986 7413 3981 7424 4005 7419 4010 7405
4010 7404
$$
PO1 follow-up statement
392
WGUS71 KPHI 282334
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
734 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
NJC029-282342-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150528T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OCEAN NJ-
734 PM EDT THU MAY 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STEADY AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED. A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY
OCCUR OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. MOST OF THE FLOOD WATERS HAVE
RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4006 7406 4006 7412 4005 7406 4003 7405
4001 7408 4000 7406 3991 7407 3991 7408
3996 7408 3994 7415 3993 7411 3990 7414
3986 7413 3981 7424 4005 7419 4010 7405
4010 7404
$$
POThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Ocean | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| May 28, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 86 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.