Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2015, 7:55 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Camden 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, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 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, 10:40 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.47 | Folsom, NJ |
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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.
265
WGUS51 KPHI 272355
FFWPHI
NJC001-007-015-280400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0021.150627T2355Z-150628T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
755 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
EAST CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 754 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. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IN
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMMONTON...BERLIN...CHESILHURST...ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA...ATCO...
WILLIAMSTOWN...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.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3954 7472 3963 7500 3980 7491 3978 7489
3979 7485 3979 7481 3974 7476 3969 7468
3967 7466 3965 7466
$$
KRUZDLO1 follow-up statement
938
WGUS71 KPHI 280352
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1152 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
NJC001-007-015-280400-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150628T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATLANTIC NJ-CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-
1152 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN
CAMDEN AND EAST CENTRAL GLOUCESTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1200 AM
EDT...
THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1200 AM. WHILE THE HEAVIEST
RAINS HAVE COME TO AN END, SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
LAT...LON 3954 7472 3963 7500 3980 7491 3978 7489
3979 7485 3979 7481 3974 7476 3969 7468
3967 7466 3965 7466
$$
KRUZDLOThe 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, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, 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 |
Nearby
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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.