Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011
Coastal Flood Statement 45, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 12, 2011, 6:51 PM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; 6 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2011, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2011, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548 WHUS41 KPHI 122251 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 651 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2011 MDZ008-012-015-019-020-130100- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-111013T0100Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 651 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... WHICH IS FROM AROUND 5 PM EDT NEAR CAMBRIDGE TO NEAR 9 PM EDT NORTH OF TOLCHESTER. * IMPACTS...AREAS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING WILL EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. 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). && $$ DEZ002>004-NJZ013-014-020>027-130300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0045.111012T2251Z-111013T0300Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 651 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2011 * LOCATION...THE COASTAL ATLANTIC SHORE AREAS INCLUDING THE BACK BAYS AND THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE UPCOMING HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...THROUGH 11 PM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...AREAS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. $$
1 follow-up statement
155 WHUS41 KPHI 130105 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 905 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2011 MDZ008-012-015-019-020-130215- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0055.000000T0000Z-111013T0100Z/ CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 905 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... HIGH TIDE IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AT TOLCHESTER AND CAMBRIDGE HAS PASSED. $$ DEZ002>004-NJZ013-014-020>027-130300- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0045.000000T0000Z-111013T0300Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 905 PM EDT WED OCT 12 2011 * LOCATION...THE COASTAL ATLANTIC SHORE AREAS INCLUDING THE BACK BAYS AND THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR WITH THE UPCOMING HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...THROUGH 11 PM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...AREAS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING MAY EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 4:04 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 8 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:57 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
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.