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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 20, 20124 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at May 20, 2012, 3:29 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at May 20, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2012, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 20, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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.

143 
WHUS41 KPHI 200729
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-202030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0001.120520T1000Z-120521T0300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
329 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...HIGH HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS BORDERING THE
  ATLANTIC OCEAN. 

* RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...IN THE 4 TO 7 FEET RANGE. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE
CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIPS
CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE
WHO ENTERS THE SURF.

PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-
SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM (ALL LOWER CASE).

&&

$$

DRAG
2 follow-up statements
538 
WHUS41 KPHI 201939
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-210300-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120521T0300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
339 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS BORDERING THE 
  ATLANTIC OCEAN. 

* RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...IN THE 4 TO 7 FEET RANGE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE
CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIPS
CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE
WHO ENTERS THE SURF.

PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-
SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM (ALL LOWER CASE).

&&

$$
211 
WHUS41 KPHI 210030
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
830 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-210130-
/O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120521T0300Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
830 PM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.

WHILE THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK MAY LINGER FOR AWHILE LONGER, IT
HAS BEEN CANCELLED AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE ONSET OF DARKNESS.

$$

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2012Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 2012Every rip current 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.