Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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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, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 83 min |
| Sep 8, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 53 min |
| Sep 8, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 58 min |
| Sep 8, 8:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 82 min |
| Sep 8, 9:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 10:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 90 min |
| Sep 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Sep 8, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 110 min | |
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 89 min | |
| Sep 8, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 57 min | |
| Sep 8, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 54 min |
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.