Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2009
Coastal Flood Statement 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Aug 21, 2009, 6:11 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2009, 6:11 AM EDT (10:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2009, 3:12 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.2 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
- 2663 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WHUS41 KPHI 211011 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 611 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK THIS MORNING AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS AFTERNOON... .LARGE OCEAN SWELLS FROM HURRICANE BILL WILL IMPACT DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY BEACHES TODAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-212300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0004.090821T1011Z-090821T2300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 611 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 LONG PERIOD OCEAN SWELLS, GENERATED BY HURRICANE BILL, ARE BEGINNING TO PROPAGATE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY. THE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ONCE THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK DEVELOPS LATER TODAY, IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT INDIVIDUALS PLANNING TO ENTER THE SURF SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS FIRST. BE SURE TO SWIM WITHIN SIGHT OF A LIFE GUARD, AND NEVER SWIM ALONE OR AT NIGHT. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST FOR ALL PEOPLE ENTER THE SURF. LIFEGUARDS ARE REPORTING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS EXISTING IN THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG, NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, STAY CALM AND DO NOT FIGHT IT. SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE UNTIL YOU BREAK FREE OF THE CURRENT. THEN SWIM AT AN ANGLE, AWAY FROM THE CURRENT, TOWARD THE SHORE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ESCAPE BY SWIMMING, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER. WHEN THE CURRENT WEAKENS, SWIM AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT TOWARD THE SHORE. IF AT ANY TIME YOU FEEL YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REACH THE SHORE, DRAW ATTENTION TO YOURSELF BY CALLING OR WAVING FOR HELP. $$ KRUZDLO
1 follow-up statement
000 WHUS41 KPHI 211912 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 312 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-221000- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0004.000000T0000Z-090821T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.090822T1000Z-090823T2200Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 312 PM EDT FRI AUG 21 2009 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 PM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 600 AM ON SATURDAY UNTIL 600 PM ON SUNDAY. LONG PERIOD SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE BILL HAVE REACHED THE COASTAL WATERS OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY. THE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD THROUGH SATURDAY, PEAKING ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WAVE HEIGHTS UP TO 12 OR 14 FEET ARE ANTICIPATED JUST A FEW MILES OFF THE COAST. BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONES SHOULD RANGE MAINLY FROM 5 TO 7 FEET, WITH SOME 8 FOOT WAVES POSSIBLE. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS THAT DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST. FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LOCAL BEACH PATROL AND STAY OUT OF THE SURF IF YOU ARE DIRECTED TO DO SO. THE ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION ALONG THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA, PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 35 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:12 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 53 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 77 min |
| Aug 21, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min |
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.