Alert archive / New Jersey / Areal Flood Warnings in 2016
Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Feb 25, 2016, 12:37 PM EST for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 8 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 25, 2016, 12:37 PM EST (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2016, 8:57 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 120 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
984
WGUS41 KPHI 251737
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1237 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016
NJC037-041-252330-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0013.160225T1737Z-160225T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
1237 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 630 PM EST
* AT 1233 PM EST...STREAMS AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAIN LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. THE
FLAT BROOK...PAULINS KILL...AND PEQUEST RIVER ARE ALL ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE AT THIS TIME. THESE STREAMS SHOULD CREST THIS
AFTERNOON...AND FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY TONIGHT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWTON...MONTAGUE...HOPATCONG...HACKETTSTOWN...WASHINGTON...
BLAIRSTOWN...MOUNT ARLINGTON...FRANKLIN...STANHOPE...HAMBURG...
NETCONG...BELVIDERE...HARMONY...OXFORD...OGDENSBURG...ALPHA...
SUSSEX...HOPE...HAMPTON AND BLOOMSBURY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4120 7437 4097 7464 4092 7465 4090 7471
4091 7476 4088 7481 4082 7483 4078 7490
4071 7497 4060 7519 4075 7519 4079 7511
4086 7505 4098 7514 4109 7497 4109 7498
4118 7488 4132 7479 4136 7469
$$
JJM2 follow-up statements
895
WGUS41 KPHI 252310
FLWPHI
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
610 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016
NJC037-041-260330-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160226T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
610 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EST
* AT 606 PM EST...SEVERAL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE FLOOD WARNING
AREA AREA STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE LEVELS ARE FALLING AND IN A
FEW HOURS, THEY WILL FALL BACK BELOW FLOOD STAGE. THE FLAT BROOK
AND PAULINS KILL ARE BOTH STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE PEQUEST
RIVER, MEASURED AT PEQUEST, HAS FALLEN BACK BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 4120 7437 4097 7464 4092 7465 4090 7471
4091 7476 4088 7481 4082 7483 4078 7490
4071 7497 4060 7519 4075 7519 4079 7511
4086 7505 4098 7514 4109 7497 4109 7498
4118 7488 4132 7479 4136 7469
$$
PO243
WGUS81 KPHI 260157
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
857 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016
NJC037-041-260207-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160226T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NJ-SUSSEX NJ-
857 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016
...THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WARREN AND SUSSEX
COUNTIES...
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 4120 7437 4097 7464 4092 7465 4090 7471
4091 7476 4088 7481 4082 7483 4078 7490
4071 7497 4060 7519 4075 7519 4079 7511
4086 7505 4098 7514 4109 7497 4109 7498
4118 7488 4132 7479 4136 7469
$$
SFJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 7:10 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 8:48 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:02 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 9:18 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:24 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 9:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:05 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:19 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Feb 24, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 10:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 54 min |
| Feb 24, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 1 more | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 11:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 11:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 15 min |
| Feb 25, 12:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Monmouth, Ocean | 56 min |
| Feb 25, 1:55 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:04 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:22 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 33 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Passaic | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 7:51 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:02 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 25 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:28 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 14 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.