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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 6, 20144 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 6, 2014, 5:34 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2014, 5:34 AM EDT (09:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 57 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

935 
WHUS41 KPHI 060934
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
534 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...

.LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM DEPARTING TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WILL
BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE NEW JERSEY SHORE FOR
TODAY.

NJZ014-024>026-070000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0002.140806T0934Z-140807T0000Z/
EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-
534 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK. IT IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY COAST.

* RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH.

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER WAVES.

* TIMING AND TIDES...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. LOW TIDE ALONG THE NEW JERSEY SHORE
  OCCURS AROUND 9:30 AM TODAY. HIGH TIDE OCCURS AROUND 4:00 PM.

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. 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. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS
AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.

&&

$$

IOVINO

1 follow-up statement

673 
WHUS41 KPHI 070007
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
807 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014


NJZ014-024>026-070115-
/O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140807T0000Z/
EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-
807 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2014

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

THE ELEVATED SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

$$

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2014 Every rip current statement 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.