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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 26, 2023Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2023, 9:34 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 2 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
Jun 26, 2023, 9:34 PM EDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2023, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sussex County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 26, 10:30 PM EDTRAIN 2.242 Nnw Wantage Twp, NJReport via trained spotter.

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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 2023-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 482 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 2023-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

555 
WGUS51 KPHI 270134
FFWPHI
NJC037-270400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0018.230627T0134Z-230627T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
934 PM EDT Mon Jun 26 2023

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey...

* Until midnight EDT.

* At 934 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate 
  is 0.5 to 1 inch in 1 hour. 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 may experience flash flooding include...
  Newton, Hopatcong, Franklin, Hamburg, Ogdensburg, Sussex, 
  Branchville, Andover, Pellettown, Lake Mohawk, Vernon Valley, and 
  Highland Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 4097 7464 4099 7485 4102 7489 4103 7490
      4104 7491 4132 7461 4130 7458 4120 7437
      4105 7455

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1 INCH IN 1 HOUR

$$

Staarmann
1 follow-up statement
816 
WGUS71 KPHI 270403
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1203 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023

NJC037-270413-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-230627T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Sussex NJ-
1203 AM EDT Tue Jun 27 2023

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SUSSEX COUNTY...

The Flash FLood Warning has been replaced by an Areal Flood Warning, 
which is in effect until 700 AM EDT. Additional rainfall amounts of 
0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible. Areas of flooding of low lying and 
urban areas is possible overnight.

A Flood Watch remains in effect until 300 AM EDT for portions of New 
Jersey...and Pennsylvania.

LAT...LON 4097 7464 4099 7485 4102 7489 4103 7490
      4104 7491 4132 7461 4130 7458 4120 7437
      4105 7455

$$

Staarmann

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset48 min
Jun 26, 8:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex38 min
Jun 26, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren34 min
Jun 26, 9:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer24 min
Jun 26, 9:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren3 hr
Jun 26, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset44 min
Jun 26, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 26, 9:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem54 min
Jun 26, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Morris23 min
Jun 26, 10:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris16 min
Jun 26, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem42 min
Jun 26, 10:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren84 min
Jun 26, 10:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem3 hr
Jun 26, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more53 min
Jun 26, 11:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset3 hr
Jun 26, 11:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer6 hr
Jun 26, 11:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset33 min
Jun 27, 12:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren7 hr
Jun 27, 12:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth33 min
Jun 27, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI44 min
Jun 27, 1:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI49 min
Jun 27, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Jun 27, 3:02 AM EDTFlood WatchPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more46 min
Jun 27, 3:48 AM EDTFlood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 5 more17 hr
Jun 27, 4:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHIMorris22 hr
Jun 27, 11:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex3 hr
Jun 27, 11:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth2 hr
Jun 27, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem40 min
Jun 27, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 27, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICumberland, Salem3 hr
Jun 27, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem52 min
Jun 27, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem22 min
Jun 27, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 27, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem39 min
Jun 27, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren3 hr
Jun 27, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren42 min
Jun 27, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem26 min
Jun 27, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer51 min
Jun 27, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Warren44 min
Jun 27, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI25 min
Jun 27, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem4 hr
Jun 27, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden38 min
Jun 27, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Gloucester, Salem32 min
Jun 27, 5:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset35 min
Jun 27, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren45 min
Jun 27, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden26 min
Jun 27, 5:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex, Warren3 hr
Jun 27, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington38 min
Jun 27, 5:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem3 hr
Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden25 min
Jun 27, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset33 min
Jun 27, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren45 min
Jun 27, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington25 min
Jun 27, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI36 min
Jun 27, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris44 min
Jun 27, 6:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Jun 27, 6:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more3 hr
Jun 27, 7:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex27 min
Jun 27, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
Jun 27, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic34 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.