Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011
Coastal Flood Statement 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 19, 2011, 3:37 PM EDT for 9 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Apr 19, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2011, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 2136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
745 WHUS41 KPHI 191937 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 337 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 DEZ002>004-NJZ013-014-020>027-200500- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0014.110420T0100Z-110420T0500Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 337 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY TONIGHT... WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES STILL RUNNING HIGH BECAUSE OF THE RECENT FULL MOON, WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS AND SOME SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 900 PM AND 1100 PM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONTS AND UP TO SEVERAL HOURS LATER ON RARITAN BAY, THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY, AND THE BACK BAYS. THIS WILL NOT BE A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE PARKED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-201000- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0014.110420T0400Z-110420T1000Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 337 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT... WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES STILL RUNNING HIGH BECAUSE OF THE RECENT FULL MOON, WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH OVERNIGHT AND SOME SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 500 AM ON THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY AND THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. THIS WILL NOT BE A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT, BUT, NEVERTHELESS, VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE PARKED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. $$ RPW
1 follow-up statement
127 WHUS41 KPHI 200148 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 948 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 DEZ002>004-200500- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0014.000000T0000Z-110420T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0012.110420T0148Z-110420T0500Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES- 948 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES STILL RUNNING HIGH BECAUSE OF THE RECENT FULL MOON... WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH THROUGH THE EARLY NIGHTTIME HOURS AND MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. HIGH TIDE OCCURS BETWEEN 1100 PM AND 100 AM THIS WILL NOT BE A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT...BUT NEVERTHELESS... VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE PARKED IN 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 SHORE. && $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>018-PAZ070-071-200900- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0014.110420T0400Z-110420T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0012.110420T0300Z-110420T0900Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 948 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. H ASTRONOMICAL TIDES STILL RUNNING HIGH BECAUSE OF THE RECENT FULL MOON... WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH OVERNIGHT AND SOME SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 500 AM ON THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY AND THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. THIS WILL NOT BE A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT...BUT NEVERTHELESS... VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE PARKED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ NJZ013-014-020>027-200300- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0014.000000T0000Z-110420T0500Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 948 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED IN THESE AREAS...AND SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OCCURRED. $$ NJZ019-200300- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0014.110420T0400Z-110420T1000Z/ NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- 948 PM EDT TUE APR 19 2011 WITH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES STILL RUNNING HIGH BECAUSE OF THE RECENT FULL MOON... WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH OVERNIGHT AND SOME SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 500 AM ON THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY AND THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. THIS WILL NOT BE A MAJOR FLOOD EVENT...BUT NEVERTHELESS... VEHICLES SHOULD NOT BE PARKED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS. $$ HAYES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 3:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 7 hr | |
| Apr 19, 10:38 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 55 hr | |
| Apr 19, 10:38 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 5 hr | |
| Apr 19, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 3 days |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 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.