Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2006
Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 2, 2006, 5:30 PM EDT for New Castle County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 2, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2006, 5:30 PM EDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2006, 12:35 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS41 KPHI 022130 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 530 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 NJZ014-026-030530- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060902T2200Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060903T1000Z/ EASTERN MONMOUTH-COASTAL OCEAN- 530 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE REMNANTS OF ERNESTO REMAIN OVER THE DELMARVA REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL BE DIMINISHING TONIGHT AND THE STRONGER WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE. THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE STORM AT SEA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SURF INTO EARLY SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-030530- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-060902T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0005.060902T2200Z-060903T0600Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 530 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING EXPECTED TONIGHT... AS THE REMNANTS OF ERNESTO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TONIGHT THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF ITS STRONG WINDS WILL BE FELT OVER THE TIDAL PORTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ALONG THE TIDAL PORTIONS OF THE RIVER WILL OCCUR WITH TONIGHTS HIGH TIDE. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 PM AND 11 PM TONIGHT ALONG THE RIVER. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT EXPERIENCES TIDAL FLOODING, TAKE ANY APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. $$ DEZ004-NJZ024-025-030530- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-060902T2200Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060903T1000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- 530 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE REMNANTS OF ERNESTO REMAIN OVER THE DELMARVA REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM WILL BE DIMINISHING TONIGHT AND THE STRONGER WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE. THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE STORM AT SEA WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG SURF INTO EARLY SUNDAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ DEZ002-003-NJZ012-013-020>023-027-022230- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-060902T2200Z/ KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 530 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2006 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING NO LONGER EXPECTED... WINDS OVER THE SHORE AREAS OF THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN BAYS AND OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF NEW JERSEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. SINCE THESE AREAS HAVE PASSED THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE, WE ARE NO LONGER EXPECTING TIDAL FLOODING CONDITIONS TONIGHT. $$ OHARA
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS41 KPHI 030435 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1235 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2006 DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-030545- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0005.000000T0000Z-060903T0600Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 1235 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2006 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING HAS ENDED... THE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING ALONG THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER HAS COME TO AN END. THE STRONG ONSHORE WIND AND HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO HAVE MOVE WELL TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. AS A RESULT, THE DELAWARE RIVER IS BEGINNING TO DRAIN NORMALLY INTO DELAWARE BAY AND WATER LEVELS ARE RECEDING. $$ DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-031000- /O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060903T1000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 1235 AM EDT SUN SEP 3 2006 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... WHILE THE EFFECTS OF THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CONTINUE TO LOSE THEIR INFLUENCE OVER THE REGION, SEAS REMAIN QUITE HIGH ALONG THE COASTS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY. WAVES JUST OFF THE COAST WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 FEET OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BE SLOW TO IMPROVE. AS A RESULT, THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL AROUND DAYBREAK AND IT MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR A FEW ADDITIONAL HOURS ON SUNDAY. DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SOME ADDITIONAL BEACH EROSION ARE LIKELY UNTIL THE OCEAN SETTLES DOWN A BIT MORE. $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 9:22 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 8 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2006Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 2006Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 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.