Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2016
Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Feb 3, 2016, 5:32 PM EST for Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It was in force for 7 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 5:32 PM EST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2016, 12:44 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Hunterdon County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 647 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 796 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
876 WGUS41 KPHI 032232 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 532 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 NJC019-040230- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0001.160203T2232Z-160204T0230Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUNTERDON NJ- 532 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN... SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 930 PM EST * AT 526 PM EST...THE NESHANIC RIVER AT REAVILLE WAS APPROACHING ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 6.5 FEET. THE RIVER WILL EXCEED ITS FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING. * ROADS ARE SUBJECT TO CLOSURES IN THE VICINITY OF THE RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 4051 7481 4043 7476 4041 7494 4051 7494 $$ KRUZDLO
2 follow-up statements
744 WGUS41 KPHI 040225 FLWPHI BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 925 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 NJC019-040630- /O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160204T0630Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUNTERDON NJ- 925 PM EST WED FEB 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD WARNING FOR... RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN... SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 130 AM EST * AT 921 PM EST...THE NESHANIC RIVER HAD CRESTED, BUT WAS STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER WILL DROP BELOW FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT. * ROADS ARE SUBJECT TO CLOSURES IN THE VICINITY OF THE RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 4051 7481 4043 7476 4041 7494 4051 7494 $$ KRUZDLO
805 WGUS81 KPHI 040544 FLSPHI FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1244 AM EST THU FEB 4 2016 NJC019-040553- /O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160204T0630Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUNTERDON NJ- 1244 AM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...THE FLOOD WARNING FOR RAIN AND SNOWMELT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4051 7481 4043 7476 4041 7494 4051 7494 $$ KRUZDLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 3:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 8 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 8 hr |
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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.