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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2016, 8:16 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 28, 2016, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2016, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:16 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Washington, NJ | WEST WASHINGTON AVE AND WEST JOHNSTON AVE FLOODED WITH PORTIONS OF THE PAVEMENT WASHED AWAY. |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
714
WGUS51 KPHI 290016
FFWPHI
NJC019-041-290415-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0009.160629T0016Z-160629T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
816 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTH CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 814 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...OXFORD...ALPHA...GLEN GARDNER...HAMPTON...
BLOOMSBURY...BRASS CASTLE...PLEASANT VALLEY AND PHILLIPSBURG.
REPORTS OF ROAD FLOODING AND UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
BEEN RECEIVED. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO THE AREA AND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4074 7484 4064 7514 4071 7518 4083 7492
$$
AMC1 follow-up statement
992 WGUS71 KPHI 290312 FFSPHI FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1112 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016 NJC019-041-290321- /O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160629T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WARREN NJ-HUNTERDON NJ- 1112 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WARREN AND NORTH CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4074 7484 4064 7514 4071 7518 4083 7492 $$ MEOLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 54 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.