Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2015, 5:55 AM EDT for Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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
- Jul 14, 2015, 5:55 AM EDT (09:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:05 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Upper Deerfield Twp, NJ | ROUTE 77 FLOODED AND CLOSED. |
| Jul 14, 7:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.34 | Upper Deerfield Twp, NJ | BACKYARD POND OVERFLOWING |
| Jul 14, 8:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.41 | Seabrook Farms, NJ | |
| Jul 14, 9:38 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.92 | Upper Deerfield Twp, 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 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
450
WGUS51 KPHI 140955
FFWPHI
NJC011-033-141400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0033.150714T0955Z-150714T1400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
555 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SALEM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1000 AM EDT
* AT 554 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VINELAND...BRIDGETON...ELMER...SHILOH...SEABROOK FARMS...
ROSENHAYN...OLIVET AND CENTERTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3952 7501 3940 7521 3947 7531 3963 7517
$$
SFJ3 follow-up statements
577 WGUS71 KPHI 141041 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 641 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NJC011-033-141400- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150714T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ- 641 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL SALEM AND NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... AT 639 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAD LEFT THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VINELAND...BRIDGETON...ELMER...SHILOH...SEABROOK FARMS...ROSENHAYN... OLIVET AND CENTERTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3952 7501 3940 7521 3947 7531 3963 7517 $$ SFJ
611 WGUS71 KPHI 141131 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 731 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NJC011-033-141400- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150714T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ- 731 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL SALEM AND NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... AT 727 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESPONSE TO SOME HIGHWAY FLOODING IN UPPER DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP IN THE VICINITY OF ROUTE 77. WHILE THE STORMS HAVE ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING, RUNOFF IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA MAY STILL BE DEEP ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING AND FORCE DETOURS TO YOUR DESTINATION. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCING RUNOFF FLOODING INCLUDE... VINELAND...BRIDGETON...ELMER...SHILOH...SEABROOK FARMS...ROSENHAYN... OLIVET AND CENTERTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3952 7501 3940 7521 3947 7531 3963 7517 $$ DRAG
359 WGUS71 KPHI 141308 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 908 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 NJC011-033-141400- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150714T1400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SALEM NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ- 908 AM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EDT FOR EAST CENTRAL SALEM AND NORTHWESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES... AT 906 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEW HEAVY SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE WARNED AREA. SEABROOK FARMS REPORTED 3.41 INCHES OF RAIN EARLY TODAY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... VINELAND...BRIDGETON...ELMER...SHILOH...SEABROOK FARMS...ROSENHAYN... OLIVET AND CENTERTON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH MAY OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND 10 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. && LAT...LON 3952 7501 3940 7521 3947 7531 3963 7517 $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 4:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 5:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Camden | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 10:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 11:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 11:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 11:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 1:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 1:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 3:32 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 56 hr | |
| Jul 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 40 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.