Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2008
Coastal Flood Statement 28, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 23, 2008, 5:56 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2008, 5:56 AM EDT (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2008, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS41 KPHI 230956 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 556 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2008 ...AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK... DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-232300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0028.080923T0956Z-080923T2300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 556 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2008 ...MODERATE APPROACHING HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... AN ONSHORE FLOW WILL BE MAINTAINED AND STRENGTHEN SOME TODAY, AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK TO EXIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOR TODAY, THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS MODERATE 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. $$ GORSE
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS41 KPHI 231556 AAA CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1156 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2008 ...AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK... DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-232300- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0028.000000T0000Z-080923T2300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 1156 AM EDT TUE SEP 23 2008 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... A PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK TO EXIST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS HIGH. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE SURF. AS A REMINDER... MOST AREA BEACHES ARE NO LONGER STAFFED WITH LIFE GUARDS. $$ PO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 4:02 AM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 3 days |
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.