Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011
Coastal Flood Statement 50, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 22, 2011, 2:45 PM EST for 10 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Nov 23, 2011, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2011, 2:45 PM EST (19:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2011, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2011, 9:32 PM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
155 WHUS41 KPHI 221945 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 245 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-231100- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0050.111123T0900Z-111123T1400Z/ 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- 245 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, INCLUDING THE BACK BAYS, RARITAN BAY AND DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING'S HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 430 AM AND 530 AM ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS, ALONG RARITAN BAY AND ALONG DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN THE HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEANFRONT. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-231100- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0050.111123T1400Z-111123T1800Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 245 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING'S HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WORKS ITS WAY UP THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES BETWEEN ABOUT 900 AM AND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$
2 follow-up statements
249 WHUS41 KPHI 221948 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 248 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-231100- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0050.111123T0900Z-111123T1400Z/ 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- 248 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE... INCLUDING THE BACK BAYS... RARITAN BAY AND DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING'S HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 430 AM AND 530 AM ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS... ALONG RARITAN BAY AND ALONG DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN THE HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEANFRONT. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. * OUTLOOK...A MORE WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING EVENT IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-231100- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0050.111123T1400Z-111123T1800Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 248 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING'S HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WORKS ITS WAY UP THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES BETWEEN ABOUT 900 AM AND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$
063 WHUS41 KPHI 230232 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 932 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-231100- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0050.111123T0900Z-111123T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0069.111123T0900Z-111123T1400Z/ 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- 932 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 400 AM UNTIL 900 AM WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, INCLUDING THE BACK BAYS, RARITAN BAY AND DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING'S HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 430 AM AND 530 AM ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS, ALONG RARITAN BAY AND ALONG DELAWARE BAY OCCURS LATER THAN THE HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEANFRONT. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED. * OUTLOOK...A MORE WIDESPREAD MINOR TIDAL FLOODING EVENT IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME ROAD 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 REPAIRS. 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). && $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-231100- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0050.111123T1400Z-111123T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0069.111123T1300Z-111123T1800Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 932 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 800 AM UNTIL 100 PM WEDNESDAY. * LOCATION...THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND WEDNESDAY MORNING'S HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WORKS ITS WAY UP THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES BETWEEN ABOUT 800 AM AND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME ROAD CLOSURES. USUALLY, THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS WILL FLOOD. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AT A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE DAMAGED, LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIRS. FOR A LIST OF THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TIDE HEIGHTS IN YOUR COUNTY PLEASE GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/TIDES.HTM (ALL IN LOWER CASE). && $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 1:43 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Nov 22, 11:20 AM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 10 hr | |
| Nov 22, 2:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more | 16 hr |
| Nov 22, 5:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton | 6 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2011Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 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.