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Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 2, 2006New Castle County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2006-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 9:22 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean8 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.