Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2008

Coastal Flood Statement 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2008Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Aug 26, 2008, 5:59 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2008, 5:59 AM EDT (09:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 26, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 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 09:59 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, 10.0 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-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: 1484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

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The text

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

000 
WHUS41 KPHI 260959
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
559 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-270000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0013.080826T0959Z-080827T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
559 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

A STEADY NORTHEASTERLY BREEZE TODAY WILL HELP TO INCREASE THE SEAS
AND SWELLS TODAY ALONG THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. WAVES
IN THE SURF ZONES WILL BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET, THEREFORE THERE IS
A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

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. 

$$

ROBERTSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WHUS41 KPHI 261450
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1050 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-270000-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0013.000000T0000Z-080827T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
1050 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY...

A NORTHEASTERLY WIND WILL MAINTAIN HIGHER SEAS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. WAVES IN
THE SURF ZONE WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET,
THEREFORE THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

ROBERTSON/GORSE

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.