Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 7:48 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, Camden County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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 8, 2016, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 11:45 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, Camden County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 8, 10:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | Shamong Twp, NJ | |
| Jul 8, 10:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.11 | Shamong Twp, NJ |
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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
503
WGUS51 KPHI 082348
FFWPHI
NJC001-005-007-090345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0017.160708T2348Z-160709T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
748 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTH CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT
* AT 747 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. UP TO FOUR INCHES IS POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMMONTON...BERLIN...SHAMONG...CHESILHURST...ATSION...
MARLTON LAKES AND ATCO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
DRIVING INTO FLOOD WATERS COULD PUT YOUR LIFE AT RISK AND COST YOU
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN VEHICLE REPAIRS. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE DEEPER
THAT YOU THINK. TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
&&
LAT...LON 3965 7466 3965 7491 3968 7491 3970 7495
3981 7495 3981 7467 3969 7466
$$
KRUZDLO2 follow-up statements
199
WGUS71 KPHI 090053
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
853 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
NJC005-007-090101-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160709T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CAMDEN NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
853 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN AND SOUTHWESTERN
BURLINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3965 7481 3967 7481 3973 7474 3972 7471
3967 7466 3965 7466
$$
NJC001-090345-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160709T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATLANTIC NJ-
853 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY...
AT 851 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
TWO AND ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE
ASSOCIATED RUNOFF SUBSIDES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAMMONTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3965 7481 3967 7481 3973 7474 3972 7471
3967 7466 3965 7466
$$
KRUZDLO999
WGUS71 KPHI 090307
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1107 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
NJC001-090317-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160709T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATLANTIC NJ-
1107 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN ATLANTIC COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3965 7481 3967 7481 3973 7474 3972 7471
3967 7466 3965 7466
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Salem, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 37 min |
| Jul 8, 3:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 3:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 4:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 7:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden | 4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.