Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2007

Coastal Flood Statement 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 15, 2007Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jun 15, 2007, 6:59 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2007, 6:59 AM EDT (10:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2007, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:57 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2007-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 151059
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
659 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 AM EDT FRIDAY...

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-151400-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-070615T1400Z/
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
659 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING. 

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM NEW ENGLAND COUPLED WITH LOW
PRESSURE WELL OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ARE PRODUCING A BRISK
NORTHEAST FLOW OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.

AS A RESULT...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG THE UPPER
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FRIDAY MORNING. LOW LYING AREAS AND
AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS WILL BE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE.
FRIDAY MORNING/S HIGH TIDE IN THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY OCCURS BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM.

TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE NEXT TWO HIGH TIDE
CYCLES...AND THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH. HOWEVER...SINCE THE UPCOMING
HIGH TIDE IS THE HIGHEST OF THE NEXT TWO ASTRONOMICAL HIGH
TIDES...THE THREAT OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY FRIDAY
MORNING.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS PRONE TO
TIDAL FLOODING... BE PREPARED TO MOVE YOUR VEHICLE TO HIGHER
GROUND...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE.

$$

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-151900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0006.070615T1059Z-070615T2200Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
659 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO THE CONTINUED
ONSHORE WINDS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND
POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST FOR ALL PEOPLE
ENTERING THE SURF.

$$


JJM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WHUS41 KPHI 151246
CFWPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
846 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007


MDZ008-012-015-019-020-151400-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-070615T1400Z/
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
846 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. 


$$

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-152200-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0006.000000T0000Z-070615T2200Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
846 AM EDT FRI JUN 15 2007

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY DUE TO THE CONTINUED
ONSHORE WINDS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND
POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST FOR ALL PEOPLE
ENTERING THE SURF.

$$

RNS

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2007Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2007Every coastal flood statement in 2007

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.