Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 26, 2014, 3:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Aug 27, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2014, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 19:51 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
095 WHUS41 KPHI 261950 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 350 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS INCREASES WEDNESDAY... .HURRICANE CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO TRACK WELL EAST OF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST LATER WEDNESDAY, HOWEVER INCREASING SWELLS WILL SPREAD OUTWARD FROM IT AND AFFECT THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-271000- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0005.140827T1200Z-140828T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 350 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING...MOST NOTICEABLE DURING TIDAL CHANGES. 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. && $$ GORSE
3 follow-up statements
693 WHUS41 KPHI 270854 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 454 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .HURRICANE CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS TONIGHT. HOWEVER, LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OUTWARD FROM THE STORM AND THEY WILL IMPACT THE DELAWARE BEACHES AND THE JERSEY SHORE BEGINNING TODAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-272100- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0005.140827T1200Z-140828T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 454 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$
909 WHUS41 KPHI 271543 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1143 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .HURRICANE CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO PASS WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS TONIGHT. HOWEVER... LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OUTWARD FROM THE STORM AND THEY WILL IMPACT THE DELAWARE BEACHES AND THE JERSEY SHORE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-272345- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140828T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 1143 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...BEACH PATROLS ARE REPORTING SWIMMING RESTRICTIONS AT SEVERAL OF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE BEACHES. THE SWELLS AND ASSOCIATED RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. THEY 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. && $$
580 WHUS41 KPHI 272005 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 405 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES... .HURRICANE CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO TRACK WELL TO THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST OF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER, LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OUTWARD FROM THE STORM AND THEY WILL AFFECT THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT, AND EVEN ON THURSDAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-280300- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140828T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 405 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...BEACH PATROLS REPORTED SWIMMING RESTRICTIONS AT SEVERAL OF THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE BEACHES TODAY. THE SWELLS AND ASSOCIATED RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE RISK OF DROWNING WILL BE MAGNIFIED IF OPTING TO SWIM AFTER LIFEGUARDS GO OFF DUTY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ KLEIN/GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:47 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 55 hr |
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.