Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2012

Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 13, 2012Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jun 13, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Jun 14, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2012, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 14, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
14 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 19:36 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-13Temperature 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -62 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
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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.

845 
WHUS41 KPHI 131935
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-141100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0002.120614T1000Z-120615T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
335 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

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

* LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ALONG THE OCEAN.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET...MAINLY IN EASTERLY SWELL.

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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
546 
WHUS41 KPHI 140910
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
510 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-150000-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0002.120614T1000Z-120615T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
510 AM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

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

* LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS ALONG THE OCEAN.

* RIP CURRENT RISK...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 7 FEET...MAINLY IN AN EASTERLY SWELL.

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.

&&

$$
842 
WHUS41 KPHI 142359
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
759 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-150100-
/O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-120615T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
759 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

EVEN THOUGH THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPIRING...RIP CURRENTS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

HAYES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle106 min
Jun 12, 10:47 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle6 hr
Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem97 min
Jun 12, 10:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren117 min
Jun 12, 10:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland61 min
Jun 12, 10:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean3 hr
Jun 12, 11:01 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem6 hr
Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex104 min
Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland62 min

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.