Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 26, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 19, 2012, 4:15 AM EDT for 10 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 19, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 19, 2012, 4:15 AM EDT (08:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
061 WHUS41 KPHI 190815 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 415 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 DEZ002>004-NJZ012>014-020>027-191800- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0026.121019T1400Z-121019T1800Z/ 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- 415 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING TODAY... * LOCATION...COASTAL AREAS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, AND ALONG DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AROUND THE TIME OF THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEANFRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 1030 AM AND 1130 AM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS, ALONG DELAWARE BAY AND ALONG RARITAN BAY OCCURS LATER THAN THE HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEANFRONT. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW WATER MAY ENCROACH ON THE AREA ROADWAYS THAT ARE USUALLY MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO TIDAL FLOODING. $$ DEZ001-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-192200- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0026.121019T1800Z-121019T2200Z/ NEW CASTLE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 415 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER AND ITS TIDAL TRIBUTARIES. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED AROUND THE TIME OF THIS AFTERNOON'S HIGH TIDE. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE WORKS ITS WAY UP THE LOWER DELAWARE RIVER BETWEEN ABOUT 200 PM AND 600 PM. * IMPACTS...SHALLOW WATER MAY ENCROACH ON THE AREA ROADWAYS THAT ARE USUALLY MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO TIDAL FLOODING. $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 105 min |
| Oct 19, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 42 min |
| Oct 19, 1:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 3:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
Nearby
Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2012Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 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.