Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 2015, 9:18 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 reports 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, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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, 10:17 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.13 | Toms River, NJ | MOST OCCURRED SINCE 600 PM. |
| Jun 27, 10:40 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.45 | Lakewood, NJ | |
| Jun 27, 10:40 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.25 | Brick Twp, NJ | |
| Jun 27, 11:35 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.7 | Lakewood, NJ | |
| Jun 28, 12:30 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.26 | Toms River, NJ | MOST OCCURRED SINCE 600 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 698 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
935
WGUS51 KPHI 280118
FFWPHI
NJC025-029-280515-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0023.150628T0118Z-150628T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
918 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
* AT 915 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THIS
AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
TOMS RIVER...LONG BRANCH...ASBURY PARK...SANDY HOOK...LAKEWOOD...
MIDDLETOWN...JACKSON...HOWELL...MARLBORO...TINTON FALLS...
HOLMDEL...RED BANK...KEANSBURG...MATAWAN...MANASQUAN...POINT
PLEASANT BEACH...LAKEHURST...FARMINGDALE...MANTOLOKING AND PLEASANT
PLAINS.
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 4033 7397 4007 7404 4006 7412 4005 7405
4001 7408 3996 7408 3995 7412 3992 7412
4003 7445 4045 7423 4045 7413 4041 7403
4044 7399 4048 7402 4048 7401 4044 7398
4038 7401 4038 7397
$$
KRUZDLO1 follow-up statement
474
WGUS71 KPHI 280409
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1209 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015
NJC025-029-280418-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-150628T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONMOUTH NJ-OCEAN NJ-
1209 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MONMOUTH AND NORTHERN OCEAN COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO POSE A THREAT.
A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 215 AM FOR MINOR NUISANCE
FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4033 7397 4007 7404 4006 7412 4005 7405
4001 7408 3996 7408 3995 7412 3992 7412
4003 7445 4045 7423 4045 7413 4041 7403
4044 7399 4048 7402 4048 7401 4044 7398
4038 7401 4038 7397
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 94 min | |
| Jun 27, 8:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 9:28 PM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 6 hr | |
| Jun 27, 9:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 25 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.