Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011

Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 21, 2011Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jan 21, 2011, 6:36 AM EST for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2011, 6:36 AM EST (11:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-01-21Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 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.

653 
WHUS41 KPHI 211136
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
636 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2011

NJZ012>014-211500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0005.110121T1136Z-110121T1500Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
636 AM EST FRI JAN 21 2011

...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...

MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AROUND THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE ALONG THE RARITAN BAY SHORE AND THE NORTHERN NEW JERSEY
COASTLINE. HIGH TIDE OCCURS BETWEEN 730 AM AND 830 AM EST. MINOR
TIDAL FLOODING ALSO IS POSSIBLE ALONG ADJACENT BACK BAYS, WHERE
HIGH TIDE WILL HAPPEN LATER IN THE MORNING. 

PLEASE DO NOT PARK VEHICLES IN AREAS PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL
FLOODING. IF YOU COMMUTE ON ROADS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING OR ENCOUNTER
FLOODED ROADS ON YOUR MORNING COMMUTE, PLEASE FIND AN ALTERNATE
ROUTE.

$$

MPD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 1:24 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester36 min
Jan 21, 1:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren62 min
Jan 21, 2:00 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem60 min
Jan 21, 2:55 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex110 min

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 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.