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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 6:20 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 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, 6:20 PM EDT (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 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, 6:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.38 | 1 Ese Vineland, NJ | OVER 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 2 HOURS |
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.96 | 1 Ese Vineland, NJ | FELL IN UNDER A 4 HR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 PM |
| Jul 1, 7:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.6 | Vineland, NJ | 6.60 INCH STORM TOTAL |
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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
039
WGUS51 KPHI 012220
FFWPHI
NJC001-005-011-029-020215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0012.160701T2220Z-160702T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
620 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 618 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VINELAND...ATLANTIC CITY...BARNEGAT...PLEASANTVILLE...HAMMONTON...
SOMERS POINT...VENTNOR CITY...BRIGANTINE...NORTHFIELD...ABSECON...
MARGATE CITY...BUENA...EGG HARBOR CITY...TUCKERTON...WEYMOUTH...
ESTELL MANOR...SURF CITY...PORT REPUBLIC...
MAYS LANDING AND NEW GRETNA.
OVER FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS FURTHER
WEST IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, AND THIS RAIN IS HEADED EAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3965 7412 3942 7430 3934 7441 3932 7488
3949 7504 3952 7500 3951 7499 3972 7473
3981 7408
$$
JJM1 follow-up statement
317
WGUS71 KPHI 020048
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
848 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
NJC001-005-011-029-020215-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160702T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATLANTIC NJ-OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
848 PM EDT FRI JUL 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR
ATLANTIC...SOUTHEASTERN OCEAN...NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 845 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAD
MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER, RESIDUAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY, WESTERN
AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY, EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY
AND FAR SOUTHERN OCEAN COUNTY. THERE WERE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND WESTERN ATLANTIC COUNTY.
THE RESIDUAL FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3965 7412 3942 7430 3934 7441 3932 7488
3949 7504 3952 7500 3951 7499 3972 7473
3981 7408
$$
IOVINOThe 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 | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 4 hr |
| 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, 6:34 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.