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Coastal Flood Statement 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at May 7, 2012, 3:39 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at May 8, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2012, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 8, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
856 WHUS41 KPHI 071939 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 339 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-080500- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0006.120508T0000Z-120508T0500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 339 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EDT TUESDAY... * TIMING...HIGH TIDE OCCURS ON THE OCEAN AND RARITAN BAY BETWEEN 900 PM AND 1130 PM. HIGH TIDES IN THE BACK BAYS AND THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY WILL OCCUR LATER. * IMPACTS...AREAS PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL SEE MINOR FLOODING. SOME ROADWAYS MAY BE CLOSED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. 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). && $$ MDZ012-015-019-020-080500- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0010.120508T1000Z-120508T1400Z/ KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 339 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TUESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...ALONG CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL SECTIONS OF WATERWAYS THAT DRAIN INTO THE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDES TUESDAY MORNING OCCUR AT CAMBRIDGE AT 624 AM AND AT TOLCHESTER BEACH AT 918 AM. * IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCALES AND ROADWAYS COULD EXPERIENCE SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. $$ DEZ001-002-NJZ016>019-021-PAZ070-071-080500- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0009.120508T0400Z-120508T0800Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- CUMBERLAND-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 339 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...TIDAL SECTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AS WELL AS UPPER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SOME SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT REEDY POINT DELAWARE AROUND 110 AM TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDE IN PHILADELPHIA OCCURS AROUND 345 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCALES AND ROADWAYS COULD EXPERIENCE SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. $$
2 follow-up statements
142 WHUS41 KPHI 080418 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1218 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-080530- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120508T0500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 1218 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. THE EVENING HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED AND MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ DEZ001-002-NJZ016>019-021-PAZ070-071-080800- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120508T0800Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- CUMBERLAND-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 1218 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...TIDAL SECTIONS OF THE DELAWARE RIVER AS WELL AS UPPER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SOME SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT REEDY POINT DELAWARE AROUND 110 AM TUESDAY MORNING. HIGH TIDE IN PHILADELPHIA OCCURS AROUND 345 AM TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCALES AND ROADWAYS COULD EXPERIENCE SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. $$ MDZ012-015-019-020-081230- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0010.120508T1000Z-120508T1400Z/ KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 1218 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...ALONG CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL SECTIONS OF WATERWAYS THAT DRAIN INTO THE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDES TUESDAY MORNING OCCUR AT CAMBRIDGE AT 624 AM AND AT TOLCHESTER BEACH AT 918 AM. * IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCALES AND ROADWAYS COULD EXPERIENCE SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. $$
336 WHUS41 KPHI 080756 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 356 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 DEZ001-002-NJZ016>019-021-PAZ070-071-080900- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120508T0800Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- CUMBERLAND-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 356 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...THE MORNING HIGH TIDE HAS PASSED AND MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ MDZ012-015-019-020-081400- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0010.120508T1000Z-120508T1400Z/ KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- 356 AM EDT TUE MAY 8 2012 ...PATCHY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE... * LOCATION...ALONG CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL SECTIONS OF WATERWAYS THAT DRAIN INTO THE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDES TUESDAY MORNING OCCUR AT CAMBRIDGE AT 624 AM AND AT TOLCHESTER BEACH AT 918 AM. * IMPACTS...THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCALES AND ROADWAYS COULD EXPERIENCE SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * SEAS...AROUND 0 FOOT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:59 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.