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Coastal Flood Statement 32, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 28, 2008Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 28, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 28, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 28, 2008, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 28, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 28, 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 08:00 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 2008-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 717 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 2008-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
717 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WHUS41 KPHI 280800
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-282300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0032.080928T1100Z-080928T2300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
400 AM EDT SUN SEP 28 2008

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH 7:00 PM EDT TODAY...

WHILE THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW OF THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL BE
SHIFTING TO AN OFFSHORE DIRECTION THIS MORNING, LONG PERIOD SWELLS
WILL CONTINUE TODAY, ESPECIALLY AS HURRICANE KYLE TRACKS NORTHWARD
WELL EAST OF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY BEACHES. ALONG WITH THAT,
THE NEW MOON IS OCCURRING MONDAY. WITH THE COMBINATION OF EFFECTS,
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST TODAY ALONG THE COASTS OF
NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.

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.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 4:00 AM EDTSmall Craft Advisory for Hazardous SeasPHI30 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.