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Coastal Flood Statement 36, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 27, 20116 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 27, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 27, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 27, 2011, 11:00 PM 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 19:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 456 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

837 
WHUS41 KPHI 271900
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-280300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0036.110927T2300Z-110928T0300Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
300 PM 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 700 PM AND 1100 PM.

* IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS THAT ARE FIRST IMPACTED
  BY TIDAL FLOODING MIGHT BE AFFECTED THIS EVENING. MINOR TIDAL
  FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THE FOLLOWING HIGH TIDE CYCLE ON
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED AT
  THAT TIME. 

$$

MEOLA/

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:39 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean13 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.