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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 2, 2021Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2021, 1:11 PM EDT for Gloucester County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 59 min. 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, 1:11 PM EDT (17:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2021, 2:10 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 212 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2021-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

217 
WGUS51 KPHI 021711
FFWPHI
NJC015-033-022115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0011.210702T1711Z-210702T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
111 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Salem County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 111 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 
  0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Chester, Deptford, West Deptford, Glassboro, Woodbury, Pitman, 
  Carneys Point, Paulsboro, Penns Grove, Westville, Woodbury 
  Heights, and National Park.

This includes the following highways...
	New Jersey Turnpike near exit 2.
	Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 4 and 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3980 7541 3981 7541 3984 7535 3985 7526
      3988 7515 3985 7510 3975 7508 3971 7516
      3968 7527 3970 7548 3976 7546

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Staarmann
1 follow-up statement
449 
WGUS71 KPHI 021810
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
210 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

NJC015-033-021820-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210702T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Gloucester NJ-Salem NJ-
210 PM EDT Fri Jul 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN GLOUCESTER AND 
NORTHWESTERN SALEM COUNTIES...

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

LAT...LON 3980 7541 3981 7541 3984 7535 3985 7526
      3988 7515 3985 7510 3975 7508 3971 7516
      3968 7527 3970 7548 3976 7546

$$

Iovino

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, 4:31 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICumberland6 hr
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, 1:47 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.