Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011
Coastal Flood Statement 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Mar 12, 2011, 3:00 AM EST for Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 12, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2011, 3:00 AM EST (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2011, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 798 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 97 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
783 WHUS41 KPHI 120800 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 300 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011 NJZ017>019-PAZ070-071-121300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0010.110312T0900Z-110312T1300Z/ GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 300 AM EST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WATER LEVELS TO APPROACH MINOR TIDAL FLOOD HEIGHTS THIS MORNING... RUNOFF FROM YESTERDAYS RAIN CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO THE DELAWARE RIVER THIS MORNING. TIDAL DEPARTURES HAVE BEEN FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 1.5 FEET AND A LITTLE OVER 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THIS WILL PUSH WATER LEVELS CLOSE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOOD HEIGHTS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING. HIGH TIDE IN PHILADELPHIA WILL BE AT 6:22 AM. $$ RPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 8:01 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 5 days |
| Mar 12, 3:46 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 22 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Every coastal flood statement in 2011
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.