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Coastal Flood Statement 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 8, 20084 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 8, 2008, 3:30 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 8, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2008, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 8, 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 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.5 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 2008-09-08Temperature 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 2008-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 080730
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2008

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

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-090000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0020.080908T0900Z-080909T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
330 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2008

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

LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DISTANT TROPICAL CYCLONES WILL CONTINUE TO
AFFECT THE WATERS IN THE SURF ZONE TODAY. WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE
WILL BE 2 TO 4 FEET. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST
FOR TODAY, AND IT WILL 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.

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

$$

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.