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Flash Flood Warning 72, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 31, 2019Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2019, 3:48 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 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 31, 2019, 3:48 PM EDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2019, 6:12 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2019-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 885 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 2019-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

315 
WGUS51 KPHI 311948
FFWPHI
NJC029-312345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0072.190731T1948Z-190731T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
348 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2019

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East central Ocean County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 347 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...
  Toms River, Beachwood, Holiday City South, Holiday City-Berkeley,
  South Toms River, Island Heights, Silver Ridge, Holiday Heights and
  Gilford Park.

This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 77 and 83.
 
LAT...LON 3991 7412 3990 7414 3988 7414 3987 7430
      3998 7426 3998 7412 3997 7411 3995 7411
      3994 7415 3993 7414 3993 7411

$$

NC
1 follow-up statement
341 
WGUS71 KPHI 312212
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
612 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2019

NJC029-312221-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0072.000000T0000Z-190731T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ocean NJ-
612 PM EDT Wed Jul 31 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3991 7412 3990 7414 3988 7414 3987 7430
      3998 7426 3998 7412 3997 7411 3995 7411
      3994 7415 3993 7414 3993 7411

$$

NC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 3:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more17 hr
Jul 31, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden28 min
Jul 31, 1:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester3 hr
Jul 31, 1:19 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington5 hr
Jul 31, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer45 min
Jul 31, 1:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 31, 1:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer3 hr
Jul 31, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jul 31, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean33 min
Jul 31, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and 1 more49 min
Jul 31, 2:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean4 hr
Jul 31, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth52 min
Jul 31, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean46 min
Jul 31, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean46 min
Jul 31, 2:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more3 hr
Jul 31, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer44 min
Jul 31, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth52 min
Jul 31, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth, Ocean3 hr
Jul 31, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean40 min
Jul 31, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 31, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset40 min
Jul 31, 3:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth4 hr
Jul 31, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset51 min
Jul 31, 3:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 31, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean51 min
Jul 31, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth41 min
Jul 31, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 31, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset17 min
Jul 31, 4:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 31, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren38 min
Jul 31, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex, Warren4 hr
Jul 31, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic28 min
Jul 31, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic44 min
Jul 31, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean, Salem48 min
Jul 31, 5:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more3 hr
Jul 31, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex25 min
Jul 31, 5:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 31, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean35 min
Jul 31, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jul 31, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI55 min
Jul 31, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jul 31, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 31, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.