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Areal Flood Warning 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 18, 2021Mercer County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Jul 18, 2021, 2:41 AM EDT for Mercer County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
Jul 18, 2021, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 2021, 6:47 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Mercer County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:41 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
Jul 18, 3:00 AM EDTFLOOD1 Nnw Hamilton Twp, NJTHE MERCERVILLE USGS GAUGE ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON THE ASSUNPINK CREEK AT 3:00 AM.

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 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
988 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

615 
WGUS41 KPHI 180641
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
241 AM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

NJC021-181245-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0012.210718T0641Z-210718T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mercer NJ-
241 AM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Mercer County in central New Jersey...

* Until 845 AM EDT Sunday.

* At 241 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Flooding is expected along the Assunpink Creek 
  at Mercerville.

* For Assunpink Creek at Mercerville:
  At 2:30am the stage was 9.37 feet.
  Flood Stage is 9.5 feet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive 
cars through flooded areas.

&&

LAT...LON 4023 7474 4025 7475 4027 7472 4024 7470

$$

JEO
1 follow-up statement
933 
WGUS81 KPHI 181047
FLSPHI

Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
647 AM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

NJC021-181057-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FA.W.0012.000000T0000Z-210718T1245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mercer NJ-
647 AM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021

...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4023 7474 4025 7475 4027 7472 4024 7470

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 17, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth45 min
Jul 17, 8:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer, Somerset4 hr
Jul 17, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester40 min
Jul 17, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset54 min
Jul 17, 8:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jul 17, 8:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth3 hr
Jul 17, 9:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Jul 17, 9:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem48 min
Jul 17, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May29 min
Jul 17, 9:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem2 hr
Jul 17, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Jul 17, 9:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem42 min
Jul 17, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean54 min
Jul 17, 10:22 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean23 min
Jul 17, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden33 min
Jul 17, 10:38 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean16 min
Jul 17, 10:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean79 min
Jul 17, 10:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI118 min
Jul 17, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI114 min
Jul 17, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex38 min
Jul 17, 11:08 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon12 hr
Jul 17, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth, Ocean34 min
Jul 17, 11:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI115 min
Jul 17, 11:26 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHISomerset10 hr
Jul 18, 3:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMercer3 hr
Jul 18, 9:08 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHISomerset2 hr
Jul 18, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset88 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.