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Coastal Flood Statement 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 3, 20084 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 3, 2008, 5:39 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 3, 2008, 5:39 AM EDT (09:39 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 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 09:36 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, 9.7 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 2008-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2008-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 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 030939
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
539 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2008

...THE INCREASED RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES...

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-040000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0017.080903T0939Z-080904T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
539 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2008

LONG PERIOD SOUTHEASTERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GENERATED
ALONG THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE TODAY, WITH WAVES IN THE
SURF ZONE GENERALLY BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET. THEREFORE, THERE IS A
MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS EVENING.

REMEMBER THAT SINCE WE ARE NOW PAST LABOR DAY, MANY BEACHES ARE NO
LONGER GUARDED. PLEASE BE SAFE AND AVOID SWIMMING IN UNGUARDED
AREAS. 

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

AN ENHANCED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MAY CONTINUE RIGHT INTO THE
WEEKEND.

$$

MPD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex52 min

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2008Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2008Every 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.