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Flash Flood Warning 62, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 11, 2018Hunterdon County, Morris County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Morris County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 11, 2018, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2018, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Warren County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 11, 4:08 PM EDTFLOOD1 Ene Succasunna, NJTWO VEHICLES TRAPPED IN FLOOD WATERS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 10 AND SUSSEX TURNPIKE.
Aug 11, 5:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Nw Calais Crossroads, NJVIDEO CONFIRMATION OF A VEHICLE TRAPPED IN HIGH WATER UP TO THE BUMPER ON THE SUSSEX TURNPIKE NEAR RT 10. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Aug 11, 5:30 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Nw Calais Crossroads, NJVIDEO CONFIRMATION OF A WATER RESCUE ON THE SUSSEX TURNPIKE NEAR RT 10. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2018-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

590 
WGUS51 KPHI 111830
FFWPHI
NJC019-027-041-112130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0062.180811T1830Z-180811T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
230 PM EDT SAT AUG 11 2018

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Morris County in northern New Jersey...
  Northern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Warren County in northwestern New Jersey...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 226 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain in western portions of Warren and Hunterdon Counties. 
  Rainfall rates over 2 inches per hour have been reported in these 
  storms. As these storms continue to move northeast, eastern 
  portions of Warren County, as well as northern portions of 
  Hunterdon County and western portions of Morris County, will 
  experience heavy rain and flash flooding as well.  
  
  
* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
  Hackettstown, Washington, Mendham, High Bridge, Stanhope, Netcong,
  Clinton, Belvidere, Harmony, Oxford, Hope, Glen Gardner, Chester,
  Hampton, Frenchtown, Lebanon, Milford, Califon, Bloomsbury and
  Riegelsville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 4092 7477 4092 7473 4090 7471 4091 7469
      4082 7456 4052 7506 4057 7511 4056 7517
      4057 7520 4060 7519 4065 7511 4073 7519
      4101 7488

$$

jjm

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 3:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 9 more20 hr
Aug 11, 4:26 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more24 hr
Aug 11, 5:27 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren4 hr
Aug 11, 6:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren6 hr
Aug 11, 6:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset7 hr
Aug 11, 7:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset4 hr
Aug 11, 10:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Somerset3 hr
Aug 11, 11:29 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic4 hr
Aug 11, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Aug 11, 11:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington35 min
Aug 11, 12:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean4 hr
Aug 11, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean36 min
Aug 11, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Aug 11, 1:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May4 hr
Aug 11, 1:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 11, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 11, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden39 min
Aug 11, 2:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren9 hr
Aug 11, 2:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May25 min
Aug 11, 2:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester3 hr
Aug 11, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Aug 11, 2:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May, Cumberland3 hr
Aug 11, 2:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset3 hr
Aug 11, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland47 min
Aug 11, 3:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Aug 11, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon47 min
Aug 11, 3:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex3 hr
Aug 11, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cumberland51 min
Aug 11, 3:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIAtlantic3 hr
Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris3 hr
Aug 11, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 11, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 11, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Salem3 hr
Aug 11, 5:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren4 hr
Aug 11, 5:36 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset4 hr
Aug 11, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 11, 6:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem3 hr
Aug 11, 7:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cumberland3 hr
Aug 11, 7:46 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIEssex, Morris, Passaic4 days

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.