Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2012

Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 7, 2012Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 7, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 8, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 2012, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 8, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
Sep 8, 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 01:16 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, 1.3 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 2012-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 498 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 2012-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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.

290 
WHUS41 KPHI 080115
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
915 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-081200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0007.120908T1000Z-120909T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
915 PM EDT FRI SEP 7 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING.

* LOCATION...THE COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.

* RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. 

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. 

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).

&&

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
509 
WHUS41 KPHI 081006
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
606 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-090000-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-120909T0000Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
606 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012

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

* LOCATION...THE COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.

* RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET.

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
Sep 8, 4:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle83 min
Sep 8, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle53 min
Sep 8, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex58 min
Sep 8, 8:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester82 min
Sep 8, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth59 min
Sep 8, 10:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth43 min
Sep 8, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Sussex, Warren60 min
Sep 8, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more61 min
Sep 8, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more90 min
Sep 8, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Sep 8, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI110 min
Sep 8, 7:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean36 min
Sep 8, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI89 min
Sep 8, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Sep 8, 7:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean54 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.