Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jul 26, 2012, 5:26 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2012, 5:26 AM EDT (09:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2012, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313 WHUS41 KPHI 260926 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 526 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 NJZ014-024>026-270300- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0004.120726T0926Z-120727T0300Z/ EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN- 526 AM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...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...ATLANTIC COAST OF NEW JERSEY. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...INCREASING FROM MODERATE TO START THIS MORNING TO HIGH BY THIS AFTERNOON * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET. * OTHER HAZARDS...THE HEAT INDEX WILL BE CLOSE TO 100 DEGREES FOR A TIME THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN COASTAL MONMOUTH COUNTY BEFORE THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST WIND OFF THE SLIGHTLY COOLER COASTAL WATERS LOWERS THE HEAT INDEX THROUGH THE 90S. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE TODAY...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
201 WHUS41 KPHI 270301 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1101 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 NJZ014-024>026-270415- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-120727T0300Z/ EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN- 1101 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED FOR THE NEW JERSEY COAST... $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 66 min |
| Jul 26, 7:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 64 min |
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 74 min |
| Jul 26, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 83 min |
| Jul 26, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 76 min |
| Jul 26, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 7:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Jul 26, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 83 min |
| Jul 26, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.