Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2016

Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 3, 2016Hunterdon County, New Jersey

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-02-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2016-02-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 647 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 3, 3:41 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren8 hr
Feb 3, 4:43 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset8 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2016Every areal flood warning in 2016

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.