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Coastal Flood Statement 31, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 27, 20084 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 27, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 27, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 27, 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 08:04 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, 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 2008-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1104 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
1104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WHUS41 KPHI 270800
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-272300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0031.080927T1100Z-080927T2300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
400 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

WITH THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW AND LONG PERIOD SWELL, HIGH
WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE, AND THE APPROACH OF THE NEW MOON, A HIGH
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST TODAY ALONG THE COASTS OF NEW
JERSEY AND DELAWARE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE SUNDAY
AS WELL.

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

MOST AREA BEACHES ARE NO LONGER STAFFED WITH LIFE GUARDS. IT IS 
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU NOT SWIM ON UNGUARDED BEACHES, AT NIGHT, OR 
ALONE.

$$

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.