Alert archive / New Jersey / High Surf Advisories in 2014
High Surf Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high surf advisory at Jul 3, 2014, 3:27 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jul 4, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2014, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 4, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2014, 8:52 AM EDT
- In force
- 25 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 19:29 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 704 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446 WHUS41 KPHI 031927 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 327 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO HURRICANE ARTHUR... .HURRICANE ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL TO THE EAST OF THE REGION. WAVES AND SURF WILL INCREASE AS ARTHUR MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND OUT TO SEA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-041000- /O.NEW.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.140704T1200Z-140705T1000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 327 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM EDT SATURDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 6 TO 8 FEET WITH A 12 TO 14 SECOND PERIOD. * IMPACTS...THE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE TO HIGH THROUGH FRIDAY. BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE WAVE ACTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. && $$ MEOLA/IOVINO
6 follow-up statements
104 WHUS41 KPHI 040858 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 458 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO HURRICANE ARTHUR... .HURRICANE ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL TO THE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY. WAVES AND SURF WILL REMAIN ROUGH AS ARTHUR MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND OUT TO SEA THROUGH SATURDAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-042000- /O.EXT.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.140704T1200Z-140705T2000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 458 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 6 TO 8 FEET WITH A 10 TO 14 SECOND PERIOD. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND SATURDAY. BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE WAVE ACTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. && $$
636 WHUS41 KPHI 041932 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 332 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO HURRICANE ARTHUR... .HURRICANE ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL TO THE EAST OF THE REGION TODAY. WAVES AND SURF WILL REMAIN ROUGH AS ARTHUR MOVES TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND OUT TO SEA THROUGH SATURDAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051000- /O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140705T2000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 332 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 6 TO 8 FEET WITH A 10 TO 14 SECOND PERIOD. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS INTO SATURDAY. BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE WAVE ACTION. * CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AS SATURDAY PROGRESSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF BEACH PATROLS IN YOUR AREA. && $$
966 WHUS41 KPHI 050142 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 942 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO HURRICANE ARTHUR... .HURRICANE ARTHUR WAS LOCATED WELL OFF CAPE COD THIS EVENING AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO CANADA'S MARITIME PROVINCES FOR SATURDAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051000- /O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140705T2000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 942 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT SATURDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 4 TO 8 FEET WITH A 10 TO 14 SECOND PERIOD. * IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE WAVE ACTION. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF BEACH PATROLS IN YOUR AREA. && $$
487 WHUS41 KPHI 050902 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 502 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS DUE TO HURRICANE ARTHUR... .HURRICANE ARTHUR WAS LOCATED WELL OFF CAPE COD THIS EVENING AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD TO CANADA'S MARITIME PROVINCES FOR SATURDAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051600- /O.EXT.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140705T1600Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 502 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 3 TO 6 FEET WITH A 8 TO 124 SECOND PERIOD. * IMPACTS...A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY. BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE WAVE ACTION. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF BEACH PATROLS IN YOUR AREA. && $$
352 WHUS41 KPHI 050921 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 521 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051600- /O.CON.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140705T1600Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 521 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * WAVES AND SURF...UP TO 3 TO 6 FEET WITH A 8 TO 12 SECOND PERIOD. * IMPACTS...A MODERATE RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY. BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THE WAVE ACTION. * TIMING...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLOWLY THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION ARE EXPECTED. PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF BEACH PATROLS IN YOUR AREA. && $$
621 WHUS41 KPHI 051252 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 852 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051400- /O.CAN.KPHI.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140705T1600Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 852 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE WAVES HAVE SUBSIDED AND THEREFORE THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A REMINDER, A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING. $$ GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 8:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 57 min |
| Jul 2, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean, Salem | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 8:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 10:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| Jul 2, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 10:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 112 min |
| Jul 2, 10:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 116 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 64 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 1:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Jul 3, 1:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 1:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 2:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Jul 3, 2:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 5:46 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 54 hr | |
| Jul 3, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Warren | 24 min |
| Jul 3, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 52 min |
| Jul 3, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Warren | 67 min |
| Jul 3, 6:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 44 min |
| Jul 3, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 55 min |
| Jul 3, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 7:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | New Castle | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 58 min |
| Jul 3, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 12:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 39 min |
Nearby
High Surf Advisories in New Jersey, 2014High Surf Advisories in Delaware, 2014Every high surf advisory in 2014
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.