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Coastal Flood Statement 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 11, 20084 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 11, 2008, 5:10 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2008, 5:10 AM EDT (09:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2008, 8:00 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 09:12 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, 9.2 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 2008-07-11Temperature 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 2008-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 110910
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-120000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0006.080711T0910Z-080712T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
510 AM EDT FRI JUL 11 2008

...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS...

LONG PERIOD SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH DISTANT HURRICANE BERTHA WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY TODAY AND
TONIGHT. AS A RESULT, THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

DUE TO THE EXPECTED SLOW MOVEMENT OF HURRICANE BERTHA, RIP
CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A CONCERN ALONG THE COASTS OF DELAWARE
AND NEW JERSEY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT
WEEK. 

A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING
TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST. BE
SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD, AND NEVER SWIM ALONE OR
AT NIGHT.

$$

IOVINO

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.