Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019

Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 30, 20194 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2019, 6:06 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 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
May 30, 2019, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
May 30, 6:56 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 Ene Somerville, NJU.S. HIGHWAY 22 CLOSED AT NORTH ADAMSVILLE ROAD FROM FLASH FLOODING.
May 30, 6:57 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 N Bound Brook, NJU.S. HIGHWAY 22 CLOSED AT MOUNTAIN AVENUE FROM FLASH FLOODING.
May 30, 7:02 PM EDTFLOOD2 Ssw Martinsville, NJFLOODING ON INTERSTATE 287 NORTHBOUND AT EXIT 14. RAMP CLOSURE IN PLACE.
May 30, 7:12 PM EDTFLOOD2 Nw White House Statio, NJFLOODING ON U.S. HIGHWAY 22 NEAR POTTERSTOWN ROAD IN READINGTON TWP. LANE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.

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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2019-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2019-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

503 
WGUS51 KPHI 302206
FFWPHI
NJC019-023-027-035-310200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0013.190530T2206Z-190531T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
606 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Morris County in northern New Jersey...
  Northeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
  Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
  Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 1000 PM EDT.

* At 606 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly in the
  areas of heaviest rain.

* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
  New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Old
  Bridge, East Brunswick, Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville,
  North Brunswick, Carteret, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville,
  Matawan, Flemington, High Bridge, Clinton and Peapack And
  Gladstone.

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 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428
      4045 7423 4040 7425 4033 7435 4049 7484
      4066 7509 4071 7497 4081 7484 4068 7445
      4066 7445 4066 7440 4063 7442 4060 7446
      4060 7420

$$

Meola
1 follow-up statement
908 
WGUS71 KPHI 302307
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
707 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

NJC019-023-027-035-310200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190531T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Morris NJ-Hunterdon NJ-Somerset NJ-Middlesex NJ-
707 PM EDT Thu May 30 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS...NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON...SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX
COUNTIES...

At 704 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated the thunderstorms with heavy 
rain had left the warned area. However, additional rain is possible 
with showers and it will take time for the runoff to recede. Up to 
two inches of rain have already fallen.

Some locations that could experience flooding include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge,
East Brunswick, Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North
Brunswick, Carteret, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville, Matawan,
Flemington, High Bridge, Clinton and Peapack And Gladstone.

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 4056 7421 4055 7425 4050 7426 4050 7428
      4045 7423 4040 7425 4033 7435 4049 7484
      4066 7509 4071 7497 4081 7484 4068 7445
      4066 7445 4066 7440 4063 7442 4060 7446
      4060 7420

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
May 29, 8:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean107 min
May 29, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
May 30, 3:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more18 hr
May 30, 3:33 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Mercer4 hr
May 30, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren4 hr
May 30, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr
May 30, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren35 min
May 30, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean39 min
May 30, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren50 min
May 30, 4:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem29 min
May 30, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren42 min
May 30, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
May 30, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more4 hr
May 30, 4:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
May 30, 5:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren4 hr
May 30, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem31 min
May 30, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth4 hr
May 30, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren40 min
May 30, 5:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
May 30, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer37 min
May 30, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May43 min
May 30, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI27 min
May 30, 5:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
May 30, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset31 min
May 30, 6:53 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris, Somerset4 hr
May 30, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer25 min
May 30, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer34 min

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.