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Coastal Flood Statement 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 1, 20116 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 1, 2011, 5:56 AM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2011, 5:56 AM EDT (09:56 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 374 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
443 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
374 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

535 
WHUS41 KPHI 010956
CFWPHI

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
556 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011

NJZ012>014-020-022>027-011500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0011.110401T1000Z-110401T1500Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
556 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011

...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS MORNING...

EXPECT SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS MORNING ALONG THE NEW
JERSEY COASTLINE, RARITAN BAY, ADJACENT BACK BAYS AND FAR LOWER
DELAWARE BAY. HIGH TIDE OCCURS BETWEEN 645 AM AND 800 AM EDT ALONG
THE COAST AND RARITAN BAY, AND LATER ALONG DELAWARE BAY AND
ADJACENT BACK BAYS.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING THIS MORNING AND ENCOUNTER TIDAL FLOODING,
PLEASE FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. 

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 3:57 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHISussex8 hr
Apr 1, 4:08 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI19 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 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.