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Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 18, 2008, 6:35 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2008, 6:35 AM EDT (10:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
12 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 10:36 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, 10.6 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 2008-09-18Temperature 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 2008-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 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 181035
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
635 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-182300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0021.080918T1035Z-080918T2300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
635 AM EDT THU SEP 18 2008

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

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE NEW
JERSEY SHORE AND AT THE DELAWARE BEACHES AS A NORTH TO NORTHEAST
WIND GRADUALLY INCREASES TO 15 TO 20 MPH. WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE
WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FEET.

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING
TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST.
BEING THAT MANY AREA BEACHES ARE NO LONGER STAFFED WITH LIFE
GUARDS, IT MIGHT BE BEST TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER TODAY.

DO NOT SWIM ON UNGUARDED BEACHES, AT NIGHT OR ALONE.

$$

IOVINO

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.