Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 18, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 2, 2012, 2:56 PM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jul 2, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2012, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 2, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent 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
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2051 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
029 WHUS41 KPHI 021856 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 256 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-030200- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0018.120702T2300Z-120703T0200Z/ 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- 256 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2012 ...SOME LOW-END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COAST, ADJACENT BACK BAYS, RARITAN BAY AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY LOW-END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...700 PM TO 745 PM ALONG THE COAST AND RARITAN BAY AND 800 PM TO 1000 PM ALONG ADJACENT BACK BAYS AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * IMPACTS...LOW-END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OF THE MOST FLOOD-PRONE AREAS. $$ MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Jul 1, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 116 min | |
| Jul 2, 4:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 62 min |
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.