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Coastal Flood Statement 48, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 29, 20114 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 29, 2011, 10:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2011, 10:43 PM EDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-10-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-10-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -55 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
106 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 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.

489 
WHUS41 KPHI 300243
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1043 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

DEZ003-004-NJZ020-022>027-300600-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0048.111030T0243Z-111030T0600Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
1043 PM EDT SAT OCT 29 2011

* LOCATION...COASTAL NEW JERSEY AND SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE...AS
  WELL AS THE BACK BAYS.

* COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
  AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...THROUGH THE END OF THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE...WHICH SHOULD
  END BY 130 AM.

* SEAS...8 TO 12 FEET.

* IMPACTS...LOCATIONS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING
  COULD SEE WATER ON ROADS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 3:41 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean10 hr
Oct 30, 3:55 AM EDTFreeze WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more29 hr
Oct 30, 3:55 AM EDTGale WarningPHI3 hr
Oct 30, 3:55 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI16 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.