Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2014
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 28, 2014, 1:14 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2014, 1:14 AM EDT (05:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2014, 10:58 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 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 05:13 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, 5.2 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
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
790 WHUS41 KPHI 280514 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 114 AM EDT THU AUG 28 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 THURSDAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-281315- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0006.140828T0514Z-140829T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 114 AM EDT THU AUG 28 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 THURSDAY 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 ON WEDNESDAY. THE SWELLS AND ASSOCIATED RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE FURTHER THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
224 WHUS41 KPHI 280852 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 452 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .HURRICANE CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING FARTHER OUT TO SEA TODAY. HOWEVER, LONG PERIOD SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL BRING A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO THE BEACHES OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY INTO THIS EVENING. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-290300- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140829T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 452 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF AND THEY WILL PRESENT A SERIOUS THREAT TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IMPLIES THAT WIND AND/OR WAVE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE WATER IF LIFE GUARDS ARE NOT PRESENT. && $$ IOVINO
376 WHUS41 KPHI 281738 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 138 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK... .HURRICANE CRISTOBAL WILL MOVE FARTHER OUT TO SEA THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...LONG PERIOD SWELLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM WILL BRING A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO THE BEACHES OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY INTO THIS EVENING. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-290300- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140829T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 138 PM EDT THU AUG 28 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...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST IN THE SURF AND THEY WILL PRESENT A SERIOUS THREAT TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE WATER. 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. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE WATER IF LIFE GUARDS ARE NOT PRESENT. && $$
117 WHUS41 KPHI 290258 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1058 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2014 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-290400- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140829T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 1058 PM EDT THU AUG 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. HOWEVER, THERE REMAINS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY. $$ IOVINO
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.