Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2009
Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jun 4, 2009, 3:04 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jun 5, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2009, 3:04 PM EDT (19:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2009, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2009, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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 041904 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 304 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY... DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-050715- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0001.090605T1600Z-090606T0200Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 304 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... A PERIOD OF ONSHORE WINDS, APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE, AND HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST TODAY AND ALLOW LOW PRESSURE TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE APPALACHIANS. LATER TONIGHT, THE WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE, INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS WE APPROACH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HIGH TIDE. THE TIDE WILL AVERAGE ABOUT A HALF FOOT TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE INCOMING TIDE, AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME STREETS TO FLOOD, IN SOME CASES BRIEFLY IMPASSABLE. THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN 6 AND 9 PM ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT ON FRIDAY, AND A FEW HOURS LATER IN THE BACK BAYS. THE STORM WILL QUICKLY MOVE OFFSHORE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A RETURN NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND. $$ EBERWINE/DEFINO
3 follow-up statements
000 WHUS41 KPHI 050039 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 839 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY... DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-051000- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0001.090605T1600Z-090606T0200Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 839 PM EDT THU JUN 4 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... A PERIOD OF ONSHORE WINDS...APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE AND HEAVY RAINFALL AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO SOME MINOR STREET FLOODING ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE AWAY FROM THE COAST TONIGHT AND ALLOW LOW PRESSURE TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE APPALACHIANS. THE WINDS WILL BECOME ONSHORE AND INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY AS WE APPROACH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HIGH TIDE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BEGIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY AND BECOME HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF THE INCOMING TIDE AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME STREETS TO FLOOD...AND IN SOME CASES THEY MAY BRIEFLY BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT ON FRIDAY AND A FEW HOURS LATER IN THE BACK BAYS. THE STORM WILL QUICKLY MOVE OFFSHORE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A RETURN NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND. $$ EBERWINE/DEFINO/DELISI
000 WHUS41 KPHI 050716 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 316 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATER TODAY... DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-051600- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0001.090605T1600Z-090606T0200Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 316 AM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CAROLINAS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE UP TO THE EAST OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE LATER TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF AN INCREASING NORTHEAST WIND ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME STREETS TO FLOOD...AND IN SOME CASES THEY MAY BRIEFLY BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT AND A FEW HOURS LATER IN THE BACK BAYS. THE STORM WILL QUICKLY MOVE OFFSHORE LATER TONIGHT WITH A RETURN NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND. $$
000 WHUS41 KPHI 051837 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 237 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATER TODAY... DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-060200- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-090606T0200Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 237 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING... LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER DELMARVA WILL MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC AND SLOWLY MOVE NORTHEAST TONIGHT AND AWAY FROM THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COAST. HOWEVER, THE WINDS WILL BE ONSHORE THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AND ALLOW THE TIDES TO RUN ABOUT A HALF FOOT TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. THE COMBINATION OF AN INCREASING NORTHEAST WIND ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME STREETS TO FLOOD...AND IN SOME CASES THEY MAY BRIEFLY BECOME IMPASSABLE. THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WILL BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 9 PM ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT AND A FEW HOURS LATER IN THE BACK BAYS. THE STORM WILL QUICKLY MOVE OFFSHORE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND A RETURN FLOW FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST WILL FOLLOW. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:54 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 44 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2009Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2009Every coastal flood statement in 2009
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.