Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011
Coastal Flood Statement 37, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 27, 2011, 11:53 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2011, 11:53 PM EDT (03:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 498 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
856 WHUS41 KPHI 280353 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1153 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-280800- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0037.110928T0353Z-110928T0800Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 1153 PM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011 * LOCATION...LOWER DELAWARE RIVER FROM THE THE VICINITY OF PHILADELPHIA INTO THE UPPER PART OF DELAWARE BAY * COASTAL FLOODING...TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ALONG PARTS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER FROM NOW THROUGH ABOUT 330 AM AS TIDES RISE TO AROUND THE BEGINNING OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THRESHOLD. * TIMING...FOR THOSE AREAS LINKED CLOSER TO THE REEDY POINT STAGE...TIDES WILL BE AT THE MINOR THRESHOLD THROUGH ABOUT 1 AM. FURTHER NORTH IN THE PHILADELPHIA AREA INCLUDING MARCUS HOOK TO TRENTON REGION...THE TIDE WILL RISE TO THE MINOR THRESHOLD FOR FLOODING BETWEEN 1 AM AND 330 AM. * IMPACTS...MINOR SPILLAGE ONTO ADJACENT ROADS AND PARKING LOTS...AT WORST. $$ DRAG
1 follow-up statement
908 WHUS41 KPHI 280810 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 410 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-280915- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.S.0037.000000T0000Z-110928T0800Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 410 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 * LOCATION...LOWER DELAWARE RIVER FROM THE THE VICINITY OF PHILADELPHIA INTO THE UPPER PART OF DELAWARE BAY * NO FURTHER COASTAL FLOOD RISK EXISTS PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. $$ DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-281500- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0046.110928T1100Z-110928T1500Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 410 AM EDT WED SEP 28 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * 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 COMBINED WITH A CONSTANT ONSHORE FLOW WILL PRODUCE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS MORNING. * TIMING...THIS MORNINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE GENERALLY OCCURS BETWEEN 730 AM AND 1100 AM. * IMPACTS...VULNERABLE ROADWAYS TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL BE FLOODED THIS MORNING. FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THURSDAY MORNINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME ROADS CLOSURES. USUALLY...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS WILL FLOOD. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AT A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE DAMAGED...LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIR. FOR A LIST OF THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TIDE HEIGHTS IN YOUR COUNTY PLEASE GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/TIDES.HTM (ALL IN LOWER CASE). && $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 1:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and 4 more | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 3:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 39 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 4:10 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:45 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 22 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 7 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 58 min |
| Sep 28, 10:02 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 8 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 3:29 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean | 9 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 26 hr |
| Sep 27, 8:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Sep 28, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 60 min |
| Sep 28, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 51 min |
| Sep 28, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 55 min |
| Sep 28, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Sep 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 54 min |
| Sep 28, 4:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Chester, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Berks, Chester | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 57 min |
| Sep 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 58 min |
| Sep 28, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 63 min |
| Sep 28, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 61 min |
| Sep 28, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton | 58 min |
| Sep 28, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 59 min |
| Sep 28, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 7:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 9:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 35 min |
| Sep 28, 9:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 10:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 40 min |
| Sep 28, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 60 min |
| Sep 28, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 59 min |
| Sep 28, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent | 62 min |
| Sep 28, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 64 min |
| Sep 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | New Castle | 61 min |
| Sep 28, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 66 min |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 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.