Alert archive / New Jersey / High Surf Advisories in 2009

High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 2, 20094 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high surf advisory at Dec 2, 2009, 3:34 AM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Dec 3, 2009, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2009, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2009, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 3, 2009, 2:05 AM EST
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WHUS41 KPHI 020834
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...A STORMY TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN HOUR PERIOD AT THE SHORE...

.ONCE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFFSHORE, A QUICK MOVING AND INTENSIFYING
STORM WILL REACH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND NEW YORK
STATE TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT A NOREASTER, IT WILL INTERACT WITH
THE HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE TO CAUSE GALE FORCE WINDS. 

DEZ004-NJZ021-023>026-022000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.SU.Y.0003.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
334 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DRIVE THE SURF TOWARD THE COAST AND WILL
BREAK ON THE BEACHES PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
THE HEAVY WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND COULD
MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE IN AREAS THAT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BEACH
EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY STORM. THE DIRECTION OF THE INCOMING
WAVES, WINDS AND TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
THURSDAY LEADING UP TO THE HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS ON THE OCEAN
FRONT BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT THIRTY AM THURSDAY MORNING. 

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER, THE
HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY STREET
FLOODING.
 

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.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM. 

&&

$$

DEZ003-NJZ014-022000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
334 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER, THE
HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY STREET
FLOODING.

 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM. 

&&

$$


EBERWINE
5 follow-up statements
000 
WHUS41 KPHI 022005
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
305 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...A STORMY TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN HOUR PERIOD AT THE SHORE...

.ONCE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFFSHORE, A QUICK MOVING AND
INTENSIFYING STORM WILL REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AREA
TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH NOT A NOREASTER, IT WILL INTERACT WITH THE
HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE TO CAUSE GALE FORCE WINDS.

DEZ004-NJZ021-023>026-030415-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0003.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
305 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DRIVE THE SURF TOWARD THE COAST AND WILL
BREAK ON THE BEACHES PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
THE HEAVY WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND COULD
MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE IN AREAS THAT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BEACH
EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY STORM. THE HIGHEST INCOMING WAVES
AND WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY LEADING
UP TO THE HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS ON THE OCEAN FRONT BETWEEN SEVEN
AND EIGHT THIRTY AM THURSDAY MORNING.

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...
THE HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY
STREET FLOODING.

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.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$

DEZ003-NJZ014-030415-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
305 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER, THE
HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY STREET
FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$
000 
WHUS41 KPHI 022013 AAA
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
313 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...A STORMY TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN HOUR PERIOD AT THE SHORE...

ONCE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES OFFSHORE, A QUICK MOVING AND INTENSIFYING
STORM WILL REACH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES AREA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH
NOT A NOR EASTER, IT WILL INTERACT WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE
TO CAUSE GALE FORCE WINDS.

DEZ004-NJZ021-023>026-030415-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0003.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
313 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DRIVE THE SURF TOWARD THE COAST AND WILL
BREAK ON THE BEACHES PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
THE HEAVY WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND COULD
MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE IN AREAS THAT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BEACH
EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY STORM. THE HIGHEST INCOMING WAVES
AND WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY LEADING
UP TO THE HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS ON THE OCEAN FRONT BETWEEN SEVEN
AND EIGHT THIRTY AM THURSDAY MORNING.

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...
THE HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY
STREET FLOODING.

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.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$

DEZ003-NJZ014-030415-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
313 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...
THE HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY
STREET FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$
000 
WHUS41 KPHI 022016 CCA
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
316 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...A STORMY TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN HOUR PERIOD AT THE SHORE...

DEZ004-NJZ021-023>026-030445-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0003.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
316 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DRIVE THE SURF TOWARD THE COAST AND WILL
BREAK ON THE BEACHES PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
THE HEAVY WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND COULD
MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE IN AREAS THAT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BEACH
EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY STORM. THE HIGHEST INCOMING WAVES
AND WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY LEADING
UP TO THE HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS ON THE OCEAN FRONT BETWEEN SEVEN
AND EIGHT THIRTY AM THURSDAY MORNING.

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...
THE HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY
STREET FLOODING.

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.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$

DEZ003-NJZ014-030445-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
316 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...
THE HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY
STREET FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$
000 
WHUS41 KPHI 022018
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
318 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...A STORMY TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN HOUR PERIOD AT THE SHORE...

DEZ004-NJZ021-023>026-030930-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0003.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
318 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY. 

GALE FORCE WINDS WILL DRIVE THE SURF TOWARD THE COAST AND WILL
BREAK ON THE BEACHES PRIOR TO AND DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
THE HEAVY WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND COULD
MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE IN AREAS THAT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BEACH
EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY STORM. THE HIGHEST INCOMING WAVES
AND WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY LEADING
UP TO THE HIGH TIDE WHICH OCCURS ON THE OCEAN FRONT BETWEEN SEVEN
AND EIGHT THIRTY AM THURSDAY MORNING.

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...
THE HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY
STREET FLOODING.

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.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$

DEZ003-NJZ014-030930-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.091203T0600Z-091203T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
318 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED PRIMARILY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT
HAVE SUSTAINED FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION FROM THE VETERANS DAY
STORM. THE TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL ONLY REACH ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...
THE HIGH WINDS WILL DRIVE WAVES UP ONTO THE BEACH AT THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE AND THERE MAY BE VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING TO ADD TO ANY
STREET FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ESPECIALLY THOSE
AREAS IMPACTED BY THE VETERANS DAY STORM.

&&

$$
000 
WHUS41 KPHI 030705
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
205 AM EST THU DEC 3 2009

DEZ004-NJZ021-023>026-031500-
/O.CAN.KPHI.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-091203T1500Z/
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091203T1500Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
205 AM EST THU DEC 3 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF
ADVISORY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00
AM.

A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH THE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL MOON MAY RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.

HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS
BETWEEN 7:15 AND 8:15 AM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ALONG
DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT.

THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WEST FOR TODAY. AS A
RESULT, NO PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED AROUND THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK IT IS.

&&

$$

DEZ002-NJZ013-020-022-027-031500-
/O.EXA.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091203T1500Z/
KENT-WESTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
205 AM EST THU DEC 3 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY.
IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 AM.

A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH THE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL MOON MAY RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.

HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS
BETWEEN 7:15 AND 8:15 AM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ALONG
DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT.

THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WEST FOR TODAY. AS A
RESULT, NO PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED AROUND THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK IT IS.

&&

$$

DEZ003-NJZ014-031500-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0036.000000T0000Z-091203T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
205 AM EST THU DEC 3 2009

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 AM.

A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW COMBINED WITH THE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL MOON MAY RESULT IN MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.

HIGH TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS
BETWEEN 7:15 AND 8:15 AM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS AND ALONG
DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN IT DOES ON THE OCEANFRONT.

THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME SOUTHWEST TO WEST FOR TODAY. AS A
RESULT, NO PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED AROUND THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS, THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN
YOU THINK IT IS.

&&

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 3:23 AM ESTGale WarningPHI29 hr
Dec 2, 3:34 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean29 hr
Dec 2, 3:46 AM ESTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean24 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in New Jersey, 2009High Surf Advisories in Delaware, 2009Every high surf advisory 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.