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Areal Flood Warning 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 2021Cumberland County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this areal flood warning at Jul 2, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT for Cumberland County, New Jersey. It was in force for 6 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 2, 2021, 4:31 AM EDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 183 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 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 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
183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WGUS41 KPHI 020831
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
431 AM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

NJC011-021430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FA.W.0006.210702T0831Z-210702T1430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cumberland NJ-
431 AM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  North Central Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 1030 AM EDT.

* At 431 AM EDT, gauge reports indicated flooding occurring due to 
  thunderstorms on Thursday. Flooding is already occurring in the 
  warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of rain fell yesterday.

* For Cohansey River at Seeley:
  At 4:15am the stage was 6.06 feet.
  Flood Stage is 6 feet.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most 
flood deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3950 7529 3950 7525 3936 7519 3935 7526
      3940 7529

$$

SFJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem29 min
Jul 1, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Jul 2, 10:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICumberland6 hr
Jul 2, 11:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester119 min
Jul 2, 12:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIGloucester, Salem97 min
Jul 2, 1:11 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIGloucester, Salem59 min
Jul 2, 1:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem116 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI31 hr
Jul 2, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex28 min
Jul 2, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren48 min
Jul 2, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren52 min
Jul 2, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren50 min
Jul 2, 7:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland42 min
Jul 2, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden3 hr

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.