Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2008

Coastal Flood Statement 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 7, 2008Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 7, 2008, 3:18 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 7, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 7, 2008, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 7, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 7, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 15 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 07:16 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, 7.3 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 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 070718
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
318 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

...MODERATE APPROACHING HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

.DEPARTING TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AN
ENHANCED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-080000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0019.080907T0900Z-080908T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
318 AM EDT SUN SEP 7 2008

...THE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY SURF
WATERS IS MODERATE APPROACHING HIGH THROUGH 8:00 PM TODAY...

THE SURF WILL CONTINUE TO BE ROILED IN THE WAKE OF TROPICAL STORM
HANNA TODAY. WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL START OUT AT 4 TO 6 FEET,
BUT SUBSIDE THIS MORNING TO 2 TO 4 FEET UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A
LIGHTER OFFSHORE WIND. HOWEVER, A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS
STILL FORECAST FOR TODAY, AND IT MAY APPROACH HIGH.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING
TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST.

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE 
THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST FOR ALL PEOPLE WHO ENTER THE SURF. LIFE 
GUARDS HAVE REPORTED DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXISTING IN THE SURF OVER 
THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT MANY BEACHES ARE NO LONGER ARE GUARDED, AND 
THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO SWIM ONLY WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD. 
NEVER SWIM ALONE OR AT NIGHT.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 10:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	PHI	Morris	3 hr
Sep 6, 10:45 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		17 hr

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.