Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011
Coastal Flood Statement 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jan 13, 2011, 9:45 AM EST for New Castle County, Delaware; 5 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 13, 2011, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2011, 9:45 AM EST (14:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 13, 2011, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2011, 10:12 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties New Castle County, DE, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 1031 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
067 WHUS41 KPHI 131445 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 945 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 DEZ001-NJZ015>019-PAZ069>071-132100- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0004.110113T1700Z-110113T2100Z/ NEW CASTLE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 945 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 ...LOW WATER LEVELS ON THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER... A PERSISTENT AND BRISK NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WATER AWAY FROM THE COAST TODAY. THE PATTERN HAS BEEN RESULTING IN LOWER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ON THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. AROUND THE TIME OF THIS AFTERNOON'S LOW TIDE, WATER LEVELS MAY APPROACH THOSE THAT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NAVIGATION. HOWEVER, THE SITUATION WILL BE MARGINAL AND ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS SHOULD BE LIMITED. LOW TIDE OCCURS ALONG THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER BETWEEN NOON AND 400 PM TODAY. WATER LEVELS SHOULD RECOVER GRADUALLY DURING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE NORTHWEST WIND DIMINISHES. $$ IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
902 WHUS41 KPHI 131512 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1012 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 DEZ001-NJZ015>019-PAZ069>071-131615- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0004.110113T1700Z-110113T2100Z/ NEW CASTLE-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 1012 AM EST THU JAN 13 2011 ...LOW WATER LEVELS ON THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER... A PERSISTENT AND BRISK NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH WATER AWAY FROM THE COAST TODAY. THE PATTERN HAS BEEN RESULTING IN LOWER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS ON THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. AROUND THE TIME OF THIS AFTERNOON'S LOW TIDE, WATER LEVELS MAY APPROACH THOSE THAT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON NAVIGATION. HOWEVER, THE SITUATION WILL BE MARGINAL AND ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS SHOULD BE LIMITED. LOW TIDE OCCURS ALONG THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER BETWEEN NOON AND 400 PM TODAY. WATER LEVELS SHOULD RECOVER GRADUALLY DURING TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE NORTHWEST WIND DIMINISHES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 12:30 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | New Castle | 90 min |
| Jan 13, 2:26 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 94 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.