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Coastal Flood Statement 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 8, 200610 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 8, 2006, 3:15 AM EDT for 10 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2006, 3:15 AM EDT (07:15 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2006-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
553 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WHUS41 KPHI 080715
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2006

DEZ001>004-NJZ012>014-016>027-PAZ069>071-082100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0010.061008T0715Z-061008T2100Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
315 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2006

MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
TODAY.

EVEN THOUGH THE STRONG ONSHORE FLOW HAS DIMINISHED, WATER LEVELS 
REMAIN HIGH AND TIDAL ANOMALIES REMAIN ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT ABOVE 
NORMAL. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE 
TODAY. 

HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR ON THE OCEAN FRONT FROM 8:30 AM TO 10:00 AM 
THIS MORNING. HIGH TIDES ON THE BACK BAYS GENERALLY OCCUR AN HOUR OR 
TWO LATER THAN THE OCEAN FRONT.

HIGH TIDES ALONG DELAWARE BAY WILL OCCUR FROM ABOUT 10:00 AM THIS 
MORNING TO 1:00 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

HIGH TIDES OCCUR ALONG THE DELAWARE RIVER BETWEEN 2:30 PM AND 5:30 
PM THIS AFTERNOON.

IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA OR TRAVEL IN A REGION THAT IS PRONE TO 
TIDAL FLOODING...SUCH AS THE ADMIRAL WILSON BOULEVARD IN CAMDEN NEW 
JERSEY...PLEASE TAKE THE EXPECTED FLOODING INTO ACCOUNT. DO NOT 
DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS.

TIDAL DEPARTURES ARE EXPECTED TO LESSEN DURING TODAY, AND, AT THIS
TIME, THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME TIDES ARE NORMALLY THE LOWER OF
THE TWO DAILY HIGH TIDES. THIS SHOULD LESSEN THE THREAT OF ANY
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING FOR TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER 
INFORMATION.

$$

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2006Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2006Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 2006Every coastal flood statement in 2006

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.