Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 106 min |
| Jun 12, 10:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 97 min |
| Jun 12, 10:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 117 min |
| Jun 12, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 10:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex | 104 min |
| Jun 13, 12:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 62 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.