Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2008
Coastal Flood Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at May 10, 2008, 9:05 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at May 10, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2008, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2008, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 110105 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 905 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT AND BACK BAYS. A WIDESPREAD MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING EVENT MAY THEN OCCUR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY... DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-110700- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0003.080511T0200Z-080511T0700Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 905 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2008 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONT AND IN THE ADJACENT BACK BAYS... ...A WIDESPREAD MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING EVENT MAY OCCUR LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THOUGH MONDAY... TIDES ARE STILL RUNNING ABOVE NORMAL, WHICH MAY LEAD TO SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE OVERNIGHT. HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEAN FRONT OCCURS BETWEEN ABOUT 1:00 AM TO 2:00 AM SUNDAY, AND HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS IS AN HOUR OR TWO LATER. AREA RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO SHORE LOCATIONS SHOULD NOT PARK THEIR VEHICLES IN OR NEAR FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS, IN THE EVENT THAT SOME MINOR FLOODING OCCURS OVERNIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE SUNDAY AND THEN STRENGTHENING THROUGH MONDAY WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF STRONG ONSHORE WINDS. THIS, COUPLED WITH HIGHER TIDES, MAY LEAD TO A WIDESPREAD MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING EVENT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AREA RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COAST SHOULD STAY TUNED IN THE EVENT THAT THE ISSUANCE OF A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH, WARNING OR ADVISORY IS NEEDED. $$ GORSE/EBERWINE
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS41 KPHI 110710 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 310 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-110815- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-080511T0700Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 310 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 ...HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED AS HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING... VERY LOCALIZED MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE WEE HOURS EARLY THIS SUNDAY MORNING. NOW THAT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED, THE THREAT OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING HAS ENDED. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC REGION LATE TODAY AND THEN STRENGTHEN TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING SLOWLY OFFSHORE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF STRONG ONSHORE WINDS. THIS...COUPLED WITH HIGHER TIDES...MAY LEAD TO A WIDESPREAD MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING EVENT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AREA RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS SHOULD STAY TUNED IN THE EVENT A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH...WARNING OR ADVISORY IS ISSUED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 5:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 10 hr |
| May 11, 5:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 10 hr |
| May 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 40 hr |
| May 11, 3:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | New Castle | 30 hr |
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.