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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 26, 2012Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2012-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 697 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 1:16 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex3 hr
Aug 26, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Aug 26, 4:56 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISussex9 hr
Aug 25, 8:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May94 min
Aug 25, 9:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May3 hr
Aug 25, 9:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICape May74 min
Aug 25, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI91 min
Aug 25, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI92 min
Aug 25, 11:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICape May3 hr
Aug 25, 11:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 26, 12:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Aug 26, 1:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Aug 26, 1:42 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICape May117 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.