Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 26, 2012, 6:08 AM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Aug 26, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2012, 6:08 AM EDT (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 26, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 10:00 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 10:12 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 697 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
095 WHUS41 KPHI 261008 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 608 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-261815- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0005.120826T1200Z-120827T0200Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 608 AM EDT SUN AUG 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...NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET * TIMING AND TIDES...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOW TIDE IS BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. HIGH TIDE IS AROUND 4 PM. 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). && $$
1 follow-up statement
409 WHUS41 KPHI 261015 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 615 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-270200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0005.120826T1200Z-120827T0200Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 615 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOW TIDE IS BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. HIGH TIDE IS AROUND 4 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIPS CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS- SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM (ALL LOWER CASE). && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 1:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 9 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 94 min |
| Aug 25, 9:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cape May | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cape May | 74 min |
| Aug 25, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 91 min | |
| Aug 25, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 92 min | |
| Aug 25, 11:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cape May | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Aug 26, 12:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 2 hr | |
| Aug 26, 1:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 119 min | |
| Aug 26, 1:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cape May | 117 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.