Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2016, 8:14 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 8 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 16, 2016, 8:14 PM EDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 16, 8:24 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawnside, NJ | WATER RESCUE OF DRIVER TRAPPED IN CAR. |
| Jul 16, 8:26 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.5 | Sicklerville, NJ | |
| Jul 16, 8:58 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | 2 S Turnersville, NJ | |
| Jul 16, 9:00 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | Medford, NJ | |
| Jul 16, 9:01 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.08 | 2 Ssw Springdale, NJ | |
| Jul 16, 9:03 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.2 | 5 E Greentree Village, NJ | |
| Jul 16, 9:15 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.37 | Washington Twp, NJ | |
| Jul 16, 9:55 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.79 | Atco, NJ |
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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
785
WGUS51 KPHI 170014
FFWPHI
NJC005-007-015-170415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0021.160717T0014Z-160717T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
814 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 813 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 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...
EVESHAM...DEPTFORD...VOORHEES...MEDFORD...LINDENWOLD...BELLMAWR...
WOODBURY...BERLIN...MAGNOLIA...WOODBURY HEIGHTS...CHESILHURST...
TURNERSVILLE...MARLTON LAKES...SPRINGDALE...ECHELON...
SICKLERVILLE...WILLIAMSTOWN...ATCO...ASHLAND AND MARLTON.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3993 7481 3976 7470 3963 7492 3983 7519
$$
SFJ3 follow-up statements
060 WGUS71 KPHI 170118 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 918 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 NJC005-007-015-170415- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160717T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BURLINGTON NJ- 918 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CAMDEN...NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER AND WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES... AT 917 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EVESHAM...DEPTFORD...VOORHEES...MEDFORD...LINDENWOLD...BELLMAWR... WOODBURY...BERLIN...MAGNOLIA...WOODBURY HEIGHTS...CHESILHURST... TURNERSVILLE...MARLTON LAKES...SPRINGDALE...ECHELON...SICKLERVILLE... WILLIAMSTOWN...ATCO...ASHLAND AND MARLTON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3993 7481 3976 7470 3963 7492 3983 7519 $$ SFJ
456 WGUS71 KPHI 170225 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1025 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 NJC005-007-015-170415- /O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160717T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BURLINGTON NJ- 1025 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM EDT FOR CAMDEN...NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER AND WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES... AT 1023 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA...STREAMS AND CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE AND RUNOFF WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EVESHAM...DEPTFORD...VOORHEES...MEDFORD...LINDENWOLD...BELLMAWR... WOODBURY...BERLIN...MAGNOLIA...WOODBURY HEIGHTS...CHESILHURST... TURNERSVILLE...MARLTON LAKES...SPRINGDALE...ECHELON...SICKLERVILLE... WILLIAMSTOWN...ATCO...ASHLAND AND MARLTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3993 7481 3976 7470 3963 7492 3983 7519 $$ SFJ
761 WGUS71 KPHI 170410 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1210 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 NJC005-007-015-170418- /O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160717T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CAMDEN NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-BURLINGTON NJ- 1210 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CAMDEN...NORTHEASTERN GLOUCESTER AND WEST CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 AM EDT... FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO RECEDE. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3993 7481 3976 7470 3963 7492 3983 7519 $$ LF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 27 min |
| Jul 16, 8:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Jul 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 8:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 24 min |
| Jul 16, 10:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 22 min |
| Jul 16, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.