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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2016, 8:12 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, 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 8, 2016, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 12:15 AM 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
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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, 8:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Egg Harbor City, NJ | SOME ROADS QUICKLY FLOODED...WITH THE WATER SEVERAL INCHES DEEP IN PLACES. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jul 8, 9:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.72 | Mullica Twp, NJ | |
| Jul 8, 9:59 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.47 | Atlantic City Intl Airp, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1028 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
701
WGUS51 KPHI 090012
FFWPHI
NJC001-005-090415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0018.160709T0012Z-160709T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
812 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL ATLANTIC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 811 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...
ATLANTIC CITY...PLEASANTVILLE...HAMMONTON...ABSECON...
EGG HARBOR CITY...WEYMOUTH...ESTELL MANOR...PORT REPUBLIC...
WADING RIVER...ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA...BATSTO...MAYS LANDING...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...POMONA AND FOLSOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3974 7446 3940 7447 3940 7481 3966 7481
3966 7467 3974 7467
$$
KRUZDLO2 follow-up statements
434
WGUS71 KPHI 090150
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
950 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
NJC001-005-090415-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160709T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
950 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 948 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. UP TO
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN THIS EVENING.
THE FLASH FLOODING WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL THE
ASSOCIATED RUNOFF SUBSIDES.
LAT...LON 3974 7446 3940 7447 3940 7481 3966 7481
3966 7467 3974 7467
$$
KRUZDLO231
WGUS71 KPHI 090308
FFSPHI
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1108 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
NJC001-005-090318-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-160709T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ-
1108 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN
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 3974 7446 3940 7447 3940 7481 3966 7481
3966 7467 3974 7467
$$
GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Jul 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 43 min |
| Jul 9, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Jul 9, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 57 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2016Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.