Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2009
Coastal Flood Statement 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 30, 2009, 3:05 AM EDT for 10 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 30, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 30, 2009, 3:05 AM EDT (07:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 30, 2009, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 564 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 300705 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 305 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2009 DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-301300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0013.091030T0900Z-091030T1300Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 305 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS MORNING... THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS NOT BEEN ALLOWING WATER TO DRAIN FROM THE BACK BAYS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OR FROM DELAWARE BAY. AS A RESULT, SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING. HIGH TIDE OCCURS ALONG THE OCEANFRONT BETWEEN 5:00 AND 6:00 AM AND IT OCCURS LATER ON THE BACK BAYS AND ALONG DELAWARE BAY. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. ALSO, DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-301700- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0013.091030T1200Z-091030T1700Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 305 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS NOT BEEN ALLOWING WATER TO DRAIN FROM UPPER DELAWARE BAY OR FROM THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. AS A RESULT, SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT 9:13 AM AT REEDY POINT, DELAWARE AND AT 11:47 AM AT PHILADELPHIA. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. ALSO, DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. $$ IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS41 KPHI 301314 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 914 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2009 DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-301415- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.S.0013.000000T0000Z-091030T1300Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 914 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ENDING... THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE HAS OCCURRED ACROSS THE REGION. ANY POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL BE ENDING ACROSS. $$ MDZ008-012-015-019-020-310000- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0028.091030T1700Z-091031T0000Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 914 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A PERSISTENT UP THE BAY FLOW HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE TIDAL DEPARTURES IN THE AREA, THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HIGH TIDE IS THE HIGHER ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE OF THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF BOTH IS LIKELY TO CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR DURING THE MID AFTERNOON IN TALBOT AND CAROLINE COUNTIES, LATE AFTERNOON IN QUEEN ANNES COUNTY AND IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING IN KENT AND CECIL COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. DO NOT TAKE ROADWAYS THAT ARE PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. PARK VEHICLES IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-301700- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0013.000000T0000Z-091030T1700Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 914 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2009 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON... THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS NOT BEEN ALLOWING WATER TO DRAIN FROM UPPER DELAWARE BAY OR FROM THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. AS A RESULT... SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FROM THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT 9:13 AM AT REEDY POINT... DELAWARE AND AT 11:47 AM AT PHILADELPHIA. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE IN A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. ALSO... DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS... THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 4:01 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 36 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2009Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2009Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 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.