Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 23, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Jul 31, 2012, 9:51 PM EDT for Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jul 31, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2012, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 31, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
254 WHUS41 KPHI 010151 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 951 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 DEZ002>004-NJZ013-014-020>027-010300- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120801T0200Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 951 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE HAS ENDED AND NO ADDITIONAL MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016-010500- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120801T0500Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM- 951 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * LOCATION...THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR FLOODING...MAINLY OCCURRING ONE HOUR EITHER SIDE OF THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE OCCURS AT REEDY POINT AROUND 1030 PM. * SEAS...1 TO 2 FEET. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...NEAR OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED MONDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME ROAD CLOSURES. USUALLY...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS WILL FLOOD. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AT A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE DAMAGED...LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIRS. FOR A LIST OF THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TIDE HEIGHTS IN YOUR COUNTY PLEASE GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/TIDES.HTM (ALL IN LOWER CASE). && $$ NJZ017>019-PAZ070-071-010700- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0023.120801T0300Z-120801T0700Z/ GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 951 PM EDT TUE JUL 31 2012 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE OCCURS AROUND 100 AM IN PHILADELPHIA. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$
1 follow-up statement
399 WHUS41 KPHI 010427 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1227 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 DEZ001-NJZ016-010530- /O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-120801T0500Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM- 1227 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. HIGH TIDE HAS OCCURRED. $$ NJZ017>019-PAZ070-071-010700- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0023.000000T0000Z-120801T0700Z/ GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 1227 AM EDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...THE TIDAL PORTION OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE OCCURS AROUND 100 AM IN PHILADELPHIA. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:24 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Aug 1, 9:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 10:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland | 73 min |
| Aug 1, 12:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cape May | 107 min |
| Aug 1, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Somerset | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 2:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:31 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 11 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 5:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 102 min |
| Aug 1, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks | 64 min |
| Jul 31, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Lehigh | 63 min |
| Aug 1, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 4:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monroe | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 5:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 12 min |
| Aug 1, 5:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe | 106 min |
| Aug 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Delaware, Montgomery | 62 min |
| Aug 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Montgomery | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 5:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 100 min |
| Aug 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe, Northampton | 65 min |
| Aug 1, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 6:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 69 min |
| Aug 1, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Northampton | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 7:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Chester | 52 min |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2012Coastal Flood Statements in Pennsylvania, 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.