Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 9, 2012, 6:23 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2012, 6:23 AM EDT (10:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 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 10:24 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, 10.4 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
- 1554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
705 WHUS41 KPHI 091023 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 623 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2012 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-100100- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0008.120909T1023Z-120910T0200Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 623 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 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...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). && $$
3 follow-up statements
604 WHUS41 KPHI 092345 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 745 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2012 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-110100- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120911T0100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 745 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...THE COASTLINES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIPS CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS- SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM (ALL LOWER CASE). && $$
513 WHUS41 KPHI 100943 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 543 AM EDT MON SEP 10 2012 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-110100- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120911T0100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 543 AM EDT MON SEP 10 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 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 RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. ANYONE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE SURF, AND LIFE GUARDS ARE NO LONGER ON DUTY AT MANY BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT, BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. 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). && $$ GORSE
307 WHUS41 KPHI 110056 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 856 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2012 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-110200- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-120911T0100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 856 PM EDT MON SEP 10 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 11:54 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 58 hr |
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.