Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2012
Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 6, 2012, 11:20 AM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Apr 6, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2012, 11:20 AM EDT (15:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2012, 7:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 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 radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 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.
257 WHUS41 KPHI 061520 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1120 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ012>014-020-022>027-070300- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0005.120406T2300Z-120407T0300Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 1120 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2012 ...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE, AND ALONG THE ADJACENT BACK BAYS, RARITAN BAY AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...SPOTTY MINOR TIDAL FLOODING. * TIMING...AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT. HIGH TIDE TONIGHT OCCURS BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9 PM ON THE ATLANTIC COASTLINES AND RARITAN BAY, LATER OVER THE ADJACENT BACK BAYS AND TIDAL STREAMS, AND BETWEEN 8 PM AND 10 PM ALONG THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY. * IMPACTS...AREAS MOST PRONE TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING WILL SEE MINOR FLOODING. $$ HEAVENER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2:40 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 6, 8:11 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:21 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 26 hr | |
| Apr 6, 3:10 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 24 hr | |
| Apr 6, 7:56 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 24 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.