Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 24, 2014, 9:23 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Aug 25, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 24, 2014, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2014, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2014, 10:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 01:21 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, 1.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
514 WHUS41 KPHI 250123 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 923 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2014 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-251200- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0004.140825T1000Z-140826T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 923 PM EDT SUN AUG 24 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY COAST AND DELAWARE BEACHES. * 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. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
417 WHUS41 KPHI 250932 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 532 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-260300- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0004.140825T1000Z-140826T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 532 AM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY COAST AND DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIPS CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$
979 WHUS41 KPHI 251934 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 334 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-260300- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140826T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 334 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT SOME NEW JERSEY BEACHES, WHICH IS RESULTING IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT FORMATION. 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. && $$
657 WHUS41 KPHI 260214 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1014 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-260315- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-140826T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 1014 PM EDT MON AUG 25 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MODERATE CATEGORY OVERNIGHT AND ON TUESDAY. $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2014Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 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.