Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2008
Coastal Flood Statement 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 17, 2008, 2:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2008, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 18:08 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 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 171805 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 205 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2008 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-180000- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0008.080717T1805Z-080718T0000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 205 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2008 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS... LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY DURING THE BALANCE OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. AS A RESULT, THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 4:09 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 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.