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Coastal Flood Statement 21, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 5, 20127 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 5, 2012, 3:53 PM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jul 5, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2012, 3:53 PM EDT (19:53 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jul 6, 2012, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
4 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 19:51 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, 7.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 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.

086 
WHUS41 KPHI 051953
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
353 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-060500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0021.120706T0100Z-120706T0500Z/
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-
353 PM EDT THU JUL 5 2012

...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TONIGHT...

WITH THE VERY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FULL
MOON AND WITH SLIGHTLY POSITIVE TIDAL DEPARTURES CONTINUING, THERE
MAY BE SOME SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF
TONIGHT'S HIGH TIDE.

HIGH TIDE OCCURS BETWEEN 930 PM AND 1030 PM ALONG THE NEW JERSEY
AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS, ALONG
DELAWARE BAY AND ALONG RARITAN BAY OCCURS LATER THAN THE HIGH TIDE
ON THE OCEANFRONT.

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer37 min
Jul 4, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean38 min
Jul 4, 11:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean29 min
Jul 4, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer46 min
Jul 5, 12:08 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Mercer37 min
Jul 5, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean41 min
Jul 5, 12:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean40 min
Jul 5, 1:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI51 min
Jul 5, 1:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean60 min
Jul 5, 1:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland66 min
Jul 5, 4:28 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem24 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.