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Areal Flood Advisory 55, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 8, 2021Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 8, 2021, 11:59 PM EDT for Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2021, 11:59 PM EDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 5:15 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 440 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 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
440 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

As transmitted.

300 
WGUS81 KPHI 090359
FLSPHI

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1159 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

NJC033-091000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0055.210709T0359Z-210709T1000Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Salem NJ-
1159 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flood Advisory for...
  Salem County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 600 AM EDT Friday.

* At 1159 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated that areas of heavy rain 
  were continuing to move into Salem County. Minor flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 
  0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen with an additional 2 to 3 inches 
  possible.

* Some locations that may experience flooding include...
  Pennsville, Carneys Point, Penns Grove, Salem, Woodstown, Alloway, 
  Quinton, Elmer, and Hancocks Bridge.

This includes the following highways...
	New Jersey Turnpike near exit 1.
	Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 3962 7559 3972 7551 3971 7548 3977 7546
      3979 7541 3969 7532 3967 7520 3957 7506
      3948 7507 3946 7508 3956 7524 3944 7542
      3943 7540 3943 7542 3942 7541 3951 7553

$$

Iovino
1 follow-up statement
537 
WGUS81 KPHI 090915
FLSPHI

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
515 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

NJC033-090925-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-210709T1000Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Salem NJ-
515 AM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR SALEM COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3962 7559 3972 7551 3971 7548 3977 7546
      3979 7541 3969 7532 3967 7520 3957 7506
      3948 7507 3946 7508 3956 7524 3944 7542
      3943 7540 3943 7542 3942 7541 3951 7553

$$

Iovino

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 10:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May, Cumberland7 hr
Jul 8, 11:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI88 min
Jul 9, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 9, 12:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Camden, Gloucester6 hr
Jul 9, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jul 9, 1:34 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI86 min
Jul 9, 1:49 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI26 min
Jul 9, 2:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean8 hr
Jul 9, 2:50 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland25 min
Jul 9, 2:53 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI68 min
Jul 9, 3:38 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean18 min
Jul 9, 3:51 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jul 9, 4:08 AM EDTGale WarningPHI3 hr
Jul 9, 4:41 AM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean34 min
Jul 9, 4:44 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex5 hr
Jul 9, 4:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Somerset5 hr
Jul 9, 4:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI39 min
Jul 9, 5:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren2 hr
Jul 9, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem41 min
Jul 9, 6:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI66 min
Jul 9, 6:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Salem2 hr
Jul 9, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem63 min
Jul 9, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester23 min
Jul 9, 7:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren2 hr
Jul 9, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem62 min
Jul 9, 7:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem108 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.