Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 3, 2012, 2:19 PM EDT for Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware; 8 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Jul 3, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2012, 2:19 PM EDT (18:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- 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 18:19 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
593 WHUS41 KPHI 031819 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 219 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 DEZ001>004-NJZ012>014-016-020>027-040400- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0019.120704T0000Z-120704T0400Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 219 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2012 ...SOME LOW-END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE, RARITAN BAY, ADJACENT BACK BAYS AND DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SOME LOW-END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...FROM 800 PM TO 900 PM ALONG THE COAST AND RARITAN BAY. LATER ALONG ADJACENT BACK BAYS. FROM 900 PM TO MIDNIGHT UP DELAWARE BAY. * IMPACTS...THE MORE FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS WILL SEE LOW-END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. $$ MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 3:47 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | New Castle | 12 hr |
| Jul 3, 3:28 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle, Sussex | 5 days |
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.