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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2015, 9:16 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 5 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
- Jun 30, 2015, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Sussex County, NJ
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871
WGUS51 KPHI 010116
FFWPHI
NJC037-010615-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0027.150701T0116Z-150701T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
916 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 215 AM EDT
* AT 914 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IS ABOUT TO RE ENTER SUSSEX COUNTY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH
TO TWO OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR IS LIKELY TO FALL ON AREAS THAT HAVE
ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY AFTER THIS RAIN ARRIVES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWTON...MONTAGUE...SUSSEX...BRANCHVILLE...HAINESVILLE...
PELLETTOWN...FLATBROOKVILLE...FIVE POINTS...HIGH POINT AND CRANDON
LAKES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...VANCAMPENS
BROOK...PAULINS KILL...TROUT BROOK...DINGMANS CREEK...FLAT BROOK...
LITTLE FLAT BROOK...QUARRYVILLE BROOK...PAPAKATING CREEK...STONY
BROOK...PARKER BROOK...TILLMAN BROOK...BEAR CREEK...WEST BRANCH
PAPAKATING CREEK...BEAVER RUN...MILL BROOK...DRY BROOK...CLOVE BROOK
AND DELAWARE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE
ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4127 7451 4099 7486 4110 7497 4109 7499
4116 7490 4121 7486 4123 7487 4128 7484
4132 7479 4133 7476 4135 7475 4135 7472
4136 7469
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Jun 30, 8:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 94 min |
| Jul 1, 1:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 2:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 3:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 3:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 68 min |
| Jul 1, 3:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| Jul 1, 3:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jul 1, 3:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 6 hr | |
| Jul 1, 3:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Jul 1, 3:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2015Every flash flood warning 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.