Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2015, 1:39 AM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 1, 2015, 1:39 AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 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 05:40 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, 5.7 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.
246
WGUS51 KPHI 010539
FFWPHI
NJC037-010915-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0028.150701T0539Z-150701T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
139 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 515 AM EDT
* AT 137 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ENTERING THE POCONOS AND WILL PASS INTO SUSSEX
COUNTY AFTRE 3 AM.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE AT THE LEAST POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING INCLUDE...
MONTAGUE...SUSSEX...BRANCHVILLE...HAINESVILLE...
PELLETTOWN...FLATBROOKVILLE...FIVE POINTS...HIGH POINT AND CRANDON
LAKES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. IT IS
DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4127 7451 4099 7486 4110 7497 4116 7490
4121 7486 4123 7487 4126 7484 4128 7484
4132 7479 4133 7476 4135 7475 4136 7469
$$1 follow-up statement
704
WGUS71 KPHI 010849
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
449 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
NJC037-010858-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150701T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SUSSEX NJ-
449 AM EDT WED JUL 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4127 7451 4099 7486 4110 7497 4116 7490
4121 7486 4123 7487 4126 7484 4128 7484
4132 7479 4133 7476 4135 7475 4136 7469
$$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 |
| Jun 30, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 5 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 94 min |
| 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
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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.