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Coastal Flood Statement 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 22, 20126 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jan 22, 2012, 7:28 PM EST for 6 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jan 23, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2012, 7:28 PM EST (00:28 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 23, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 23, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
In force
3 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 nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

756 
WHUS41 KPHI 230028
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
728 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012

DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-231500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0002.120123T1200Z-120123T1500Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
728 PM EST SUN JAN 22 2012

* LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE,
  AND ALONG ADJACENT BACK BAYS, RARITAN BAY AND LOWER DELAWARE
  BAY. 

* COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. 

* TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF THE MONDAY MORNING HIGH TIDE. THAT
  OCCURS BETWEEN 7 AM AND 8 AM ALONG THE COAST AND RARITAN BAY,
  LATER OVER ADJACENT BACK BAYS AND TIDAL STREAMS, AND BETWEEN 8 AM
  AND 10 AM ALONG LOWER DELAWARE BAY.

* IMPACTS...AREAS MOST PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL SEE
  MINOR FLOODING. 

$$

MPD

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.