Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 25, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Aug 2, 2012, 11:34 AM EDT for 8 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Aug 2, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2012, 11:34 AM EDT (15:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 2, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 15:31 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, 3.6 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
- 1377 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
362 WHUS41 KPHI 021534 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1134 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-030400- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0025.120803T0000Z-120803T0400Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 1134 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TONIGHT... * LOCATION...LOWER DELAWARE BAY...RARITAN BAY AND THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONTS AND BACK BAYS AND INLETS. * COASTAL FLOODING...POCKETS OF LOW END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONTS AND RARITAN BAY OCCURS APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 830 PM AND 930 PM AND WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE EVENING IN THE BACK BAYS AND INTO LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * SEAS...1 TO 3 FEET...HIGHEST ON THE OCEAN. * IMPACTS...MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS AND LOCATIONS MIGHT HAVE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS EVENING. IMPACT SHOULD BE NO WORSE THAN WHAT OCCURRED THE TWO PREVIOUS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. $$ DEZ001-002-NJZ016-021-022345- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0025.120803T0200Z-120803T0600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-SALEM-CUMBERLAND- 1133 AM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TONIGHT... * LOCATION...UPPER DELAWARE BAY...THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER AND TIDAL SECTIONS OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...POCKETS OF LOW END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL WORK ITS WAY ALONG UPPER DELAWARE BAY FROM SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY ON THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. * SEAS...1 TO 2 FEET. * IMPACTS...MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS AND LOCATIONS MIGHT HAVE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS EVENING. IMPACT SHOULD BE NO WORSE THAN WHAT OCCURRED THE TWO PREVIOUS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. $$
1 follow-up statement
378 WHUS41 KPHI 022114 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 514 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-030400- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0025.120803T0000Z-120803T0400Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 514 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TONIGHT... * LOCATION...LOWER DELAWARE BAY...RARITAN BAY AND THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONTS AND BACK BAYS AND INLETS. * COASTAL FLOODING...POCKETS OF LOW END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONTS AND RARITAN BAY OCCURS APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 830 PM AND 930 PM AND WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE EVENING IN THE BACK BAYS AND INTO LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * SEAS...1 TO 3 FEET...HIGHEST ON THE OCEAN. * IMPACTS...MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS AND LOCATIONS MIGHT HAVE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS EVENING. IMPACT SHOULD BE NO WORSE THAN WHAT OCCURRED THE TWO PREVIOUS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. $$ DEZ001-002-NJZ016-021-030600- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.S.0025.120803T0200Z-120803T0600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-SALEM-CUMBERLAND- 514 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2012 ...POCKETS OF MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TONIGHT... * LOCATION...UPPER DELAWARE BAY...THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER AND TIDAL SECTIONS OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...POCKETS OF LOW END MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WILL WORK ITS WAY ALONG UPPER DELAWARE BAY FROM SHORTLY AFTER 10 PM UNTIL SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY ON THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER. * SEAS...1 TO 2 FEET. * IMPACTS...MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS AND LOCATIONS MIGHT HAVE MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS EVENING. IMPACT SHOULD BE NO WORSE THAN WHAT OCCURRED THE TWO PREVIOUS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE CYCLE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 28 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 108 min |
| Aug 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 4:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 103 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 5:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent | 53 min |
| Aug 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 59 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.