Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 13, 2014, 12:28 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2014, 12:28 PM EDT (16:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 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 16:29 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 473 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 534 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WHUS41 KPHI 131628 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1228 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2014 NJZ014-024>026-140000- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0003.140813T1628Z-140814T0000Z/ EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN- 1228 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY COAST. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE OCCURS AROUND 430 PM ON THE OCEANFRONT. 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. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 10:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 11:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Aug 13, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 93 min | |
| Aug 13, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 1:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 95 min | |
| Aug 13, 1:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 82 min | |
| Aug 13, 2:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 53 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2014Every 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.