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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2016, 10:40 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Burlington County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2016, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 2:45 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
214
WGUS51 KPHI 170240
FFWPHI
NJC001-005-170645-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0022.160717T0240Z-160717T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1040 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 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 245 AM EDT
* AT 1039 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EGG HARBOR CITY...WEYMOUTH...WADING RIVER...ELWOOD-MAGNOLIA...
BATSTO...MAYS LANDING AND FOLSOM.
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 3961 7446 3945 7474 3955 7486 3972 7460
$$
SFJ1 follow-up statement
555 WGUS71 KPHI 170428 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1228 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 NJC001-005-170436- /O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160717T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ATLANTIC NJ-BURLINGTON NJ- 1228 AM EDT SUN JUL 17 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ATLANTIC AND SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3961 7446 3945 7474 3955 7486 3972 7460 $$ LF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.