Alert archive / New Jersey / High Surf Advisories in 2008
High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high surf advisory at Nov 6, 2008, 5:48 AM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2008, 5:48 AM EST (10:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2008, 1:51 AM EST
- In force
- 20 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 10:51 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, 10.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 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 061048 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 548 AM EST THU NOV 6 2008 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST TODAY... DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-062200- /O.NEW.KPHI.SU.Y.0002.081106T1048Z-081106T2200Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 548 AM EST THU NOV 6 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE DELMARVA COAST WILL MAINTAIN OFFSHORE SEAS AT 10 TO 12 FT TODAY. THIS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE BREAKING WAVES OF 6 TO 8 IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG THE COASTS OF NEW JERSE AND DELAWARE TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE HIGH SURF WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE AFFECTED SHORELINES. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. $$ RNS
2 follow-up statements
000 WHUS41 KPHI 062056 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 356 PM EST THU NOV 6 2008 ...HIGH SURF EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT... ...SOME MINOR FLOODING ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE BACK BAYS... DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-071000- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0015.081107T0300Z-081107T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KPHI.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-081107T1200Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 356 PM EST THU NOV 6 2008 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY. LOW PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HENLOPEN DELAWARE WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AS A RESULT, WAVES OF 6 TO 7 FEET WILL BREAK ON THE COASTS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY. THE HIGH SURF AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND CONTRIBUTE TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE THINKING ABOUT GOING INTO THE WATER. HIGH SURF CAN ALSO CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN SPOTS ALONG THE COAST THAT HAVE LOST BEACH PROTECTION FROM EARLIER STORMS SINCE SEPTEMBER. THE STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE CAUSED AN INCREASE IN THE TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE COAST AND IS NOT ALLOWING THE BACK BAYS TO DRAIN AT LOW TIDE. AS A RESULT, SOME TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AT THE NEXT HIGH TIDE IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE BETWEEN THE HIGH TIDE PRODUCING NEW AND FULL MOON CYCLE, THE RISING WATERS IN THE BACK BAY MAY PILE UP AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND SPILL ON TO SOME ROADS. IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF YOU LIVE IN THE FLOOD PRONE AREAS TO MOVE YOUR CAR BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP TONIGHT. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE SOME FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. IN THIS CASE, MAINLY THE BACK BAYS. $$ EBERWINE
000 WHUS41 KPHI 070651 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 151 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2008 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-070800- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081107T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KPHI.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-081107T1200Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 151 AM EST FRI NOV 7 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS HAVE DECREASED OVERNIGHT TO AROUND 10 MPH. THESE LIGHTER WINDS HAVE ALLOWED THE TIDAL DEPARTURES TO DECREASE. ALSO, SINCE THE WINDS ARE NO LONGER PUSHING WATER INTO THE BACK BAYS, THEIR TIDE HEIGHTS HAVE ALSO COME DOWN. THEREFORE, MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED AS WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE TODAY. $$ RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2:39 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 34 hr | |
| Nov 6, 3:56 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 10 hr |
Nearby
High Surf Advisories in New Jersey, 2008High Surf Advisories in Delaware, 2008Every high surf advisory 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.