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Coastal Flood Statement 35, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 26, 20116 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 26, 2011, 9:39 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 27, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2011, 9:39 PM EDT (01:39 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 27, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, 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), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2011-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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.

333 
WHUS41 KPHI 270139
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
939 PM EDT MON SEP 26 2011
 
DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-271500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0035.110927T1100Z-110927T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
939 PM EDT MON SEP 26 2011

* LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS AROUND RARITAN BAY, BARNEGAT BAY, THE
  LOWER DELAWARE BAY AND THE OCEAN FRONT OF NEW JERSEY AND
  DELAWARE.

* COASTAL FLOODING...SPRING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL PRODUCE
  POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING.

* TIMING...THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE OCCURS BETWEEN 730 AM AND 930 AM
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* SEAS...ON THE OCEAN SIDE 2 TO 4 FEET AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN LOWER
  DELAWARE BAY.

* IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS THAT ARE FIRST IMPACTED
  BY TIDAL FLOODING MIGHT BE AFFECTED ON TUESDAY MORNING.

$$
1 follow-up statement
751 
WHUS41 KPHI 270819
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
419 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-271500-
/O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0035.110927T1100Z-110927T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
419 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

* LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS AROUND RARITAN BAY... BARNEGAT BAY... 
  THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY AND THE OCEAN FRONT OF NEW JERSEY AND 
  DELAWARE. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...SPRING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES WILL PRODUCE 
  POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. 

* TIMING...THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE OCCURS BETWEEN 730 AM AND 930 AM 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* SEAS...ON THE OCEAN SIDE 2 TO 4 FEET AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN LOWER
  DELAWARE BAY.

* IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS THAT ARE FIRST IMPACTED 
  BY TIDAL FLOODING MIGHT BE AFFECTED ON TUESDAY MORNING. 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 3:00 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean8 hr
Sep 27, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent96 min

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 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.