Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jan 21, 2012, 2:30 PM EST for 8 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jan 22, 2012, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2012, 2:30 PM EST (19:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2012, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2012, 8:32 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, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 484 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
109 WHUS41 KPHI 211930 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 230 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-221500- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0001.120122T1100Z-120122T1500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 230 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, AND ALONG ADJACENT BACK BAYS, RARITAN BAY AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SOME AREAS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF THE SUNDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE. THAT OCCURS BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7 AM ALONG THE COAST AND RARITAN BAY, LATER OVER ADJACENT BACK BAYS AND TIDAL STREAMS, AND BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM ALONG LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * IMPACTS...AREAS MOST PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL SEE SOME FLOODING. $$ DEZ001-002-NJZ016-021-221600- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0001.120122T1300Z-120122T1600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-SALEM-CUMBERLAND- 230 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 * LOCATION...ALONG CENTRAL AND UPPER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SOME AREAS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF THE SUNDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE, WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1030 AM. * IMPACTS...AREAS MOST PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL SEE SOME FLOODING. $$ MPD
1 follow-up statement
167 WHUS41 KPHI 220132 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 832 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-221500- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0001.120122T1100Z-120122T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0002.120122T1100Z-120122T1500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 832 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 10 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, AND ALONG ADJACENT BACK BAYS, RARITAN BAY AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF THE SUNDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE. THAT OCCURS BETWEEN 6 AM AND 7 AM ALONG THE COAST AND RARITAN BAY, LATER OVER ADJACENT BACK BAYS AND TIDAL STREAMS, AND BETWEEN 7 AM AND 9 AM ALONG LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * IMPACTS...AREAS PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL SEE 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). && $$ DEZ001-002-NJZ016-021-221600- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0001.120122T1300Z-120122T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.Y.0002.120122T1300Z-120122T1600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-SALEM-CUMBERLAND- 832 PM EST SAT JAN 21 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 AM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATION...ALONG CENTRAL AND UPPER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...AREAS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF THE SUNDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE, WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1030 AM. * IMPACTS...AREAS MORE PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL SEE MINOR FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME ROADS CLOSURES. USUALLY...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS WILL FLOOD. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AT A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE DAMAGED...LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIR. FOR A LIST OF THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TIDE HEIGHTS IN YOUR COUNTY PLEASE GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/TIDES.HTM (ALL IN LOWER CASE). && $$ MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:43 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 62 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2012Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2012Every coastal flood statement in 2012
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.