Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 4:36 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 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 1, 2016, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Monmouth County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 4:40 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Long Branch, NJ | NUMEROUS ROADS QUICKLY FLOODED. |
| Jul 1, 4:55 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Freehold, NJ | RT 33 BETWEEN BROAD ST AND MAIN ST CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER |
| Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.97 | 1 Ese Phalanx, NJ | 3.2 INCHES FELL IN 90 MIN PERIOD ENDING AT 448 PM |
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.46 | 1 Nnw West Shrewsbury, NJ | 2.11 INCHES IN 1 HR ENDING 441 PM |
| Jul 1, 7:21 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.9 | 4 Ene Colts Neck, NJ | 3.2 INCHES IN 90 MIN ENDING 448 PM...THEN ANOTHER 1.5 INCHES IN 15 MIN ENDING 650 PM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
733
WGUS51 KPHI 012036
FFWPHI
NJC025-020030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0010.160701T2036Z-160702T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
436 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 434 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LONG BRANCH...TINTON FALLS...RED BANK...HIGHLANDS...LINCROFT...
NAVESINK...ADELPHIA...EAST FREEHOLD...WEST FREEHOLD...EATONTOWN...
FREEHOLD...WEST LONG BRANCH...RUMSON...LITTLE SILVER...OCEANPORT...
SHREWSBURY AND OAKHURST. THIS COULD ALSO IMPACT THE GARDEN STATE
PARKWAY IN MONMOUTH COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4034 7393 4032 7397 4029 7397 4028 7398
4021 7427 4024 7431 4039 7409 4042 7402
4041 7398 4043 7398
$$
JRK2 follow-up statements
002
WGUS71 KPHI 012226
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
626 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
NJC025-020030-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160702T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONMOUTH NJ-
626 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY...
AT 620 PM EDT...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODED
ROADS IN THE FREEHOLD AND RED BANK AREA DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN THAT
FELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. AFTER A BREAK IN THE HEAVY RAIN...ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING
WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LONG BRANCH...TINTON FALLS...RED BANK...HIGHLANDS...LINCROFT...
NAVESINK...ADELPHIA...EAST FREEHOLD...WEST FREEHOLD...EATONTOWN...
FREEHOLD...WEST LONG BRANCH...RUMSON...LITTLE SILVER...OCEANPORT...
SHREWSBURY AND OAKHURST.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4034 7393 4032 7397 4029 7397 4028 7398
4021 7427 4024 7431 4039 7409 4042 7402
4041 7398 4043 7398
$$
JRK774
WGUS71 KPHI 020024
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
824 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
NJC025-020031-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160702T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MONMOUTH NJ-
824 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...SOME SMALL STREAMS
ARE STILL RISING, BUT ARE EXPECTED TO CREST BELOW LEVELS THAT MIGHT
CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER WILL
THEREFORE BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4034 7393 4032 7397 4029 7397 4028 7398
4021 7427 4024 7431 4039 7409 4042 7402
4041 7398 4043 7398
$$
JJMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cape May | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jul 1, 11:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 1, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 4:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 26 min |
| Jul 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jul 1, 6:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 27 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.