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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 27, 2026Somerset County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this river flood warning at Sep 27, 2026, 3:29 PM EDT for Somerset County, New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 28, 2026, 1:27 AM EDT. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2026, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2026, 1:27 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2026, 2:52 AM EDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Somerset County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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 river

Written for the forecast point Millstone River at Blackwells Mills (BKWN4). The gauge peaked at 7.89 ft at Sep 28, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01402000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 26, 7:48 PM EDT, 19 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 7:48 PM EDT, 19 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 9:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon2 hr
Sep 27, 11:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon3 hr
Sep 27, 12:48 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean56 hr
Sep 27, 5:32 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI20 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New Jersey, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.