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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2024Hunterdon County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2024, 7:48 PM EDT for Hunterdon 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
Jun 22, 2024, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2024, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hunterdon County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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
Jun 22, 8:15 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD2 W Stanton, NJCars trapped in flood waters in Readington Township. Time estimated from radar.

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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 12:00Z on 2024-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 264 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 12:00Z on 2024-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
264 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

952 
WGUS51 KPHI 222348
FFWPHI
NJC019-230400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FF.W.0007.240622T2348Z-240623T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
748 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  East Central Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...

* Until midnight EDT tonight.

* At 748 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 2.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  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...
  White House Station.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4055 7498 4062 7497 4062 7477 4055 7476

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Kruzdlo
2 follow-up statements
811 
WGUS71 KPHI 230146
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
946 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

NJC019-230400-
/O.CON.KPHI.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-240623T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hunterdon NJ-
946 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT 
FOR EAST CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTY...

At 946 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 3 
and 4 inches of rain have fallen across portions of the warned area. 
Flash flooding is ongoing.

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...
  White House Station.

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 4055 7498 4062 7497 4062 7477 4055 7476

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Kruzdlo
673 
WGUS71 KPHI 230350
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1150 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

NJC019-230400-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-240623T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hunterdon NJ-
1150 PM EDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR EAST 
CENTRAL HUNTERDON COUNTY...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4055 7498 4062 7497 4062 7477 4055 7476

$$

Hoeflich

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:38 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI71 hr
Jun 22, 3:47 AM EDTExcessive Heat WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more40 hr
Jun 22, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex34 min
Jun 22, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset20 min
Jun 22, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth35 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI17 min
Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Ocean11 hr
Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDTRip Current StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean11 hr
Jun 22, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris36 min
Jun 22, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris23 min
Jun 22, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset22 min
Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon17 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.