Alert archive / New Jersey / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 75, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2019, 1:46 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Morris County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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 7, 2019, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2019, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene High Bridge, NJ | FLASH FLOODING ON COKESBURY ROAD AND SEVERAL ACCESS ROADS. SOME ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE OR WASHED OUT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 7, 2:58 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tewksbury Twp, NJ | REPORTS OF A VEHICLE STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS WITH OCCUPANT INSIDE. RESCUE IN PROGRESS. 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1372 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted.
578
WGUS51 KPHI 071746
FFWPHI
NJC019-027-072145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0075.190807T1746Z-190807T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
146 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 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...
* Until 545 PM EDT.
* At 145 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. 1-2 inches of rain has already
fallen over the area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly
in the areas of heaviest rain.
* Some locations that could experience flooding include...
High Bridge, Clinton, Glen Gardner, Lebanon, Califon, Annandale and
Long Valley.
LAT...LON 4072 7470 4072 7472 4071 7472 4065 7480
4056 7496 4061 7506 4079 7484 4074 7467
$$
NC2 follow-up statements
564
WGUS71 KPHI 071930
FFSPHI
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
330 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019
NJC019-027-072145-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-190807T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Morris NJ-Hunterdon NJ-
330 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS AND NORTHEASTERN HUNTERDON COUNTIES...
At 300 PM EDT, emergency management reported flash flooding in
Tewksbury NJ, and previously flash flooding was also reported near
High Bridge.
Some locations that could experience flooding include...
High Bridge, Clinton, Glen Gardner, Lebanon, Califon, Annandale and
Long Valley.
LAT...LON 4072 7470 4072 7472 4071 7472 4065 7480
4056 7496 4061 7506 4077 7483 4074 7467
$$
NC036
WGUS71 KPHI 072135
FFSPHI
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
535 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019
NJC019-027-072145-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0075.000000T0000Z-190807T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Morris NJ-Hunterdon NJ-
535 PM EDT Wed Aug 7 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORRIS AND NORTHEASTERN
HUNTERDON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...
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 4072 7470 4072 7472 4071 7472 4065 7480
4056 7496 4061 7506 4077 7483 4074 7467
$$
NCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 10:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 42 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Aug 7, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 2:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 97 min |
| Aug 7, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 34 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 2:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 23 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 19 min |
| Aug 7, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 2:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 3:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 3:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 4:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 42 min | |
| Aug 7, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 78 min |
| Aug 7, 6:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more | 69 min |
| Aug 7, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Aug 7, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 3 hr |
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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.