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Coastal Flood Statement 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 18, 20084 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 18, 2008, 8:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2008, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 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 00:27 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, 0.4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 9 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 190024
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
824 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-191345-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-080719T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0010.080719T0024Z-080719T2300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
824 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008

...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES...

LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO BREAK ON THE BEACHES OF NEW JERSEY
AND DELAWARE WITH THREE TO FOUR FOOT WAVES. AS A RESULT...THERE
IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO SATURDAY.

PERSONS SHOULD NOT GO INTO THE SURF AT NIGHT. A MODERATE RISK OF 
RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING TO ENTER THE SURF
SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST DURING THE DAY AND BE
SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD...AND NEVER SWIM ALONE.


$$

EBERWINE

1 follow-up statement

000 
WHUS41 KPHI 190900
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
500 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-200000-
/O.EXT.KPHI.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-080720T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
500 AM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY...

LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE
BEACHES TODAY. WAVES IN THE SURF ZONES WILL BE 3 OR 4 FEET ALONG
THE NEW JERSEY SHORE, AND 2 OR 3 FEET ALONG THE DELAWARE BEACHES
TODAY. AS A RESULT, THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
TODAY. CONDITIONS MAY EASE A LITTLE BIT SUNDAY EVEN IF THAT
COMES TO PASS, CAUTION WILL STILL BE NEEDED WHEN ENTERING THE
SURF.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING
TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST. BE
SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD, AND NEVER SWIM ALONE OR
AT NIGHT.

$$

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2008 Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2008 Every coastal flood statement in 2008

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.