Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood watch at Jul 7, 2016, 3:22 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Jul 7, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2016, 3:22 AM EDT (07:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2016, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 5:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
939 WGUS61 KPHI 070722 FFAPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 322 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2016 NJZ008-010-012>014-072200- /O.NEW.KPHI.FF.A.0002.160707T1600Z-160707T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK 322 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF MORRIS, SOMERSET, MIDDLESEX AND MONMOUTH. * FROM NOON UNTIL 600 PM TODAY. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO PRODUCE AN INCH OR TWO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ANTICIPATED. * THE HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN URBANIZED AREAS. ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA, BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED. && $$ IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
579 WGUS61 KPHI 072128 FFAPHI FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 528 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016 NJZ008-010-012>014-072230- /O.CAN.KPHI.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160707T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK 528 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. POCKETS OF HEAVY SHOWERS OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER BATCH THAT TRIES TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING BUT ANY RAINFALL SHOULD NOT BE EXCESSIVE. $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 57 min |
| Jul 7, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Jul 7, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Jul 7, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 27 min | |
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Jul 7, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 38 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in New Jersey, 2016Every flash flood watch 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.