Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2009
Coastal Flood Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jun 17, 2009, 5:20 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2009, 5:20 AM EDT (09:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 09:23 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, 9.3 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
- 720 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 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 170920 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 520 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-172300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0003.090617T0920Z-090617T2300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 520 AM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TODAY... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND AT THE DELAWARE BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL FIRST. BE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD, AND NEVER SWIM ALONE OR AT NIGHT. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WHUS41 KPHI 171723 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 123 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 DEZ001-NJZ016>018-PAZ070-071-172300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0004.090617T2200Z-090618T0300Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 123 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST AND COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL SUSTAIN AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW THROUGH THE EVENING. THAT SUSTAINED FLOW MAY CAUSE SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING ALONG THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY AND THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY OCCURS AROUND 700 PM EDT... AND HIGH TIDE ALONG THE TIDAL DELAWARE OCCURS FROM AROUND 730 PM EDT NEAR MARCUS HOOK TO AROUND 1000 PM EDT NEAR PHILADELPHIA. IF YOU ARE DRIVING THIS EVENING AND ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THE STANDING WATER. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. ALSO...YOU MAY WISH TO AVOID PARKING YOUR VEHICLE IN OR NEAR FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES MAY COMBINE TO GENERATE SPOTTY FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE BAY SHORE AND TIDAL DELAWARE. && $$ MDZ008-012-015-019-172300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0005.090618T0400Z-090618T1200Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- 123 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. A GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST AND COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL SUSTAIN AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THAT SUSTAINED FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT ALONG THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE OCCURS FROM JUST PRIOR TO 100 AM EDT NEAR OXFORD IN SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY TO JUST AFTER 700 AM EDT NEAR CHARLESTOWN IN CECIL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE DRIVING TONIGHT AND ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THE STANDING WATER. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. ALSO...YOU MAY WISH TO AVOID PARKING YOUR VEHICLE IN OR NEAR FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE. && $$ DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-172300- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-090617T2300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 123 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TODAY... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND AT THE DELAWARE BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL FIRST. BE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD... AND NEVER SWIM ALONE OR AT NIGHT. $$
000 WHUS41 KPHI 172317 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 717 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 DEZ001-NJZ016>018-PAZ070-071-180030- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090618T0300Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 717 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED IN THIS AREA. $$ DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-180030- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-090617T2300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 717 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. $$ MDZ008-012-015-019-181200- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0005.090618T0400Z-090618T1200Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- 717 PM EDT WED JUN 17 2009 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... A GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST AND COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHWEST WILL SUSTAIN AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. THAT SUSTAINED FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT ALONG THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. HIGH TIDE ALONG THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE OCCURS FROM JUST PRIOR TO 100 AM EDT NEAR OXFORD IN SOUTHERN TALBOT COUNTY TO JUST AFTER 700 AM EDT NEAR CHARLESTOWN IN CECIL COUNTY. IF YOU ARE DRIVING TONIGHT AND ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS...PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THE STANDING WATER. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. ALSO...YOU MAY WISH TO AVOID PARKING YOUR VEHICLE IN OR NEAR FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE EASTERN SHORE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 1:23 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 6 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.