Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2009
Coastal Flood Statement 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 11, 2009, 8:58 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 11, 2009, 3:33 PM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2009, 8:58 AM EDT (12:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2009, 3:33 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2009, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 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 13:01 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 12:00Z, 1.0 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
- 498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 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 111258 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 858 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 DEZ004-NJZ024-112100- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0011.090911T2100Z-090912T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPHI.CF.Y.0020.090911T1500Z-090911T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KPHI.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-090911T1500Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- 858 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 500 PM. LOW PRESSURE, LOCATED OFF THE DELAWARE COAST THIS MORNING, WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE NORTH. WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY AND MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ON DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. ALSO, A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE SURF. && $$ DEZ001>003-NJZ016-021-023-112100- /O.EXB.KPHI.CF.Y.0020.090911T1500Z-090911T2100Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY- 858 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 500 PM. LOW PRESSURE, LOCATED OFF THE DELAWARE COAST THIS MORNING, WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE NORTH. WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY AND MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ON DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. && $$ NJZ014-025-026-112100- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0011.090911T2100Z-090912T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KPHI.CF.S.0010.000000T0000Z-090911T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KPHI.CF.Y.0020.090911T1500Z-090911T2100Z/ EASTERN MONMOUTH-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 858 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 500 PM. LOW PRESSURE, LOCATED OFF THE DELAWARE COAST THIS MORNING, WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE NORTH. WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY AND MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ON DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT. THERE IS ALSO A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. ALSO, A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE SURF. && $$ NJZ012-013-020-022-027-112100- /O.EXT.KPHI.CF.Y.0020.090911T1500Z-090911T2100Z/ MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 858 AM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 500 PM. LOW PRESSURE, LOCATED OFF THE DELAWARE COAST THIS MORNING, WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT TO THE NORTH. WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY AND MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 1230 PM AND 130 PM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ON DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. && $$ IOVINO
3 follow-up statements
000 WHUS41 KPHI 111933 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 333 PM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-121000- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090911T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KPHI.CF.S.0011.090911T1933Z-090912T1000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 333 PM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. WITH THE LINGERING AFFECTS OF THE COASTAL LOW, THERE REMAINS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO TONIGHT. THERE ARE ALSO ENHANCED RIP CURRENT CONCERNS FOR SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE SURF. && $$ DEZ001>003-NJZ012-013-016-020>023-027-112045- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-090911T2100Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM- OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 333 PM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. $$
000 WHUS41 KPHI 111954 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 354 PM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-121000- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0011.000000T0000Z-090912T1000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 354 PM EDT FRI SEP 11 2009 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO TONIGHT... WITH THE LINGERING AFFECTS OF THE COASTAL LOW, THERE REMAINS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO TONIGHT. THERE ARE ALSO ENHANCED RIP CURRENT CONCERNS FOR SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE SURF. && $$
000 WHUS41 KPHI 120900 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 500 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2009 NJZ014-024>026-130000- /O.EXT.KPHI.CF.S.0011.000000T0000Z-090913T0000Z/ EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN- 500 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2009 ...A MODERATE APPROACHING HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY... WITH THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE COASTAL LOW THAT BROUGHT STRONG WINDS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A MODERATE APPROACHING HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...PIERS AND SANDBARS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WITH OUTGOING TIDES WHICH IMPROVE RIP CURRENT FORMATION. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG...NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM. TRY TO SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU GET AWAY FROM THE RIP...THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE IN TO SHORE. DO NOT TRY TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. BE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD. DO NOT SWIM ON UNGUARDED BEACHES, AT NIGHT, OR ALONE. && $$ DEZ004-130000- /O.EXT.KPHI.CF.S.0011.000000T0000Z-090913T0000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES- 500 AM EDT SAT SEP 12 2009 ...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY... WITH THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE COASTAL LOW THAT BROUGHT STRONG WINDS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES...PIERS AND SANDBARS. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WITH OUTGOING TIDES WHICH IMPROVE RIP CURRENT FORMATION. ALL BEACH GOERS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF INHERENT DANGERS WHEN ENTERING THE SURF INCLUDING SWIFT LONGSHORE CURRENTS...POUNDING SHORE BREAK AND SHALLOW SAND BARS. RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG...NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM. TRY TO SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU GET AWAY FROM THE RIP...THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE IN TO SHORE. DO NOT TRY TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. BE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD. DO NOT SWIM ON UNGUARDED BEACHES, AT NIGHT, OR ALONE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Sep 11, 2:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 72 min |
| Sep 11, 3:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cape May | 4 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:07 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Sep 11, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Sep 11, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 65 min |
| Sep 11, 4:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 65 min |
| Sep 11, 5:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 115 min | |
| Sep 11, 5:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Sep 11, 5:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 69 min |
| Sep 11, 5:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 53 min |
| Sep 11, 6:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 6:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 96 min | |
| Sep 11, 6:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 86 min |
| Sep 11, 6:59 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cape May | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 117 min |
| Sep 11, 8:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 119 min |
| Sep 11, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 39 min |
| Sep 11, 9:02 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:40 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 5 hr |
| Sep 11, 10:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 3 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.