Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2011
Coastal Flood Statement 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Feb 1, 2011, 3:56 AM EST for 6 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2011, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2011, 5:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2011, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 2070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
599 WHUS41 KPHI 010856 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 356 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-012100- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0006.110202T1000Z-110202T1500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 356 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING... WITH AN INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY, TIDAL DEPARTURES WILL BE INCREASING. THIS WILL BRING A THREAT FOR MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 630 AM AND 830 AM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONTS. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS WILL BE SLIGHTLY LATER. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THIS WILL BE A MARGINAL EVENT AND THAT ONLY THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED. 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. $$ RPW
2 follow-up statements
059 WHUS41 KPHI 011951 CFWPHI URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 251 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-021000- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0006.110202T1000Z-110202T1500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 251 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING... AN INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL CREATE SLIGHTLY HIGHER TIDAL DEPARTURES. DURING THE MORNING HIGH TIDE TOMORROW...THERE MAY BE A FEW AREAS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. THIS HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 630 AND 830 AM WITH THE HIGH TIDE UP TO TWO HOUR LATER OVER THE BACK BAYS. THE EVENT APPEARS MARGINAL...WITH ONLY THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS BEING AFFECTED. PLEASE DO NOT PARK VEHICLES IN AREAS PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. IF YOU COMMUTE ON ROADS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING OR ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS ON YOUR MORNING COMMUTE...PLEASE FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. $$
679 WHUS41 KPHI 020907 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 407 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-021500- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0006.110202T1000Z-110202T1500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 407 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ONSHORE WINDS ARE CAUSING TIDAL DEPARTURES TO INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND WATER LEVELS MAY APPROACH MINOR TIDAL FLOOD HEIGHTS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 630 AND 830 AM WITH THE HIGH TIDE UP TO TWO HOURS LATER ON THE BACK BAYS. THE EVENT APPEARS MARGINAL...WITH ONLY THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE AREAS BEING AFFECTED. 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. $$ RPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:40 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 60 hr | |
| Feb 1, 11:32 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:49 PM EST | Ice Storm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:49 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Monmouth and 2 more | 17 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.