Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2008
Coastal Flood Statement 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 18, 2008, 5:03 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 18, 2008, 5:03 AM EDT (09:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 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 09:02 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, 9.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 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 180903 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 503 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-190000- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0009.080718T0903Z-080719T0000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 503 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS... LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COASTS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY TODAY. AS A RESULT, THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF 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. $$ MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS41 KPHI 190024 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 824 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-191345- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-080719T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0010.080719T0024Z-080719T2300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 824 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2008 ...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES... LONG PERIOD SWELLS CONTINUE TO BREAK ON THE BEACHES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE WITH THREE TO FOUR FOOT WAVES. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO SATURDAY. PERSONS SHOULD NOT GO INTO THE SURF AT NIGHT. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST DURING THE DAY AND BE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD...AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. $$ EBERWINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 5:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington | 3 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.