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Coastal Flood Statement 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 21, 2008Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 21, 2008, 3:58 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2008, 3:58 AM EDT (07:58 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2008, 7:00 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 07:57 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, 8.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2008-09-21Temperature 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 2008-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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 210758
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 AM EDT SUN SEP 21 2008

...AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH TODAY...

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-212300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0026.080921T0758Z-080921T2300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
358 AM EDT SUN SEP 21 2008

...MODERATE TO APPROACHING HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

DESPITE A WEAKER ONSHORE FLOW TODAY, THE ROUGH SURF WILL TAKE
LONGER TO SUBSIDE. THIS WILL MAINTAIN AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK
AND TODAY IT IS MODERATE TO APPROACHING HIGH.

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

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE 
THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE SURF.

AS A REMINDER, MOST AREA BEACHES ARE NO LONGER STAFFED WITH LIFE
GUARDS.

$$

GORSE

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.