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Coastal Flood Advisory 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 4, 20167 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood advisory at May 4, 2016, 3:49 AM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at May 4, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2016, 3:49 AM EDT (07:49 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 4, 2016, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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, 7.8 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this coastal flood advisory went out at May 4, 3:40 AM EDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:40 AM EDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 5:32 PM EDT, 10 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
532 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-101>106-
040945-
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-
EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
532 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL
NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...EAST
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ001>004-NJZ012>014-016>027-PAZ070-071-040945-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
532 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH THE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY,
AND FRIDAY EVENING HIGH TIDE CYCLES, MAINLY ALONG THE ATLANTIC
COAST OF DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-431-450>455-040945-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
532 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FRANCK/KLEIN

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 9:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
956 PM EDT TUE MAY 03 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DONCASTER               38.78N  76.13W
05/02/2016                   TALBOT             MD   911 CALL CENTER

            LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF ST MICHAELS RD AND
            DONCASTER RD

1008 PM     HAIL             1 S OIL CITY            38.89N  75.82W
05/02/2016  E1.25 INCH       CAROLINE           MD   TRAINED SPOTTER

1013 PM     HAIL             DENTON                  38.88N  75.82W
05/02/2016  E1.00 INCH       CAROLINE           MD   SOCIAL MEDIA

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DENTON. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR
            DATA.

1025 PM     HAIL             HARRINGTON              38.92N  75.57W
05/02/2016  E0.75 INCH       KENT               DE   SOCIAL MEDIA

            HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IN HARRINGTON. TIME
            ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR DATA.

1035 PM     HAIL             4 NW HARRINGTON         38.96N  75.62W
05/02/2016  M0.75 INCH       KENT               DE   TRAINED SPOTTER

1038 PM     HAIL             3 NNE GEORGETOWN        38.73N  75.37W
05/02/2016  E0.75 INCH       SUSSEX             DE   SOCIAL MEDIA

1100 PM     FLOOD            WOODLAND                38.84N  76.02W
05/02/2016                   TALBOT             MD   911 CALL CENTER

            HIGH WATER NEAR RABBIT HILL RD AND RT 309

1100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      EASTON                  38.77N  76.08W
05/02/2016                   TALBOT             MD   911 CALL CENTER

            SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN BOTH EASTON AND CORDOVA DUE TO
            HIGH WATER.

1100 PM     FLOOD            DENTON                  38.88N  75.82W
05/02/2016                   CAROLINE           MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HIGH WATERS ON A FEW ROADS... NO ROAD CLOSURES.

1110 PM     HAIL             LEWES                   38.78N  75.15W
05/02/2016  E0.88 INCH       SUSSEX             DE   SOCIAL MEDIA

            DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN LEWES. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR DATA.

1124 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND BRANDYWINE SHOAL NOS    38.99N  75.11W
05/02/2016  M55 MPH          ANZ431             DE   NOS PLATFORM

1125 PM     LIGHTNING        CAPE MAY                38.94N  74.90W
05/02/2016                   CAPE MAY           NJ   BROADCAST MEDIA

            LIGHTNING STRUCK THE CHIMNEY OF A CONDO IN CAPE MAY
            RESULTING IN A FIRE. THE FIRE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED TWO
            UNITS. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. TIME ESTIMATED BASED
            ON LIGHTNING DATA.

1130 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND BRANDYWINE SHOAL NOS    38.99N  75.11W
05/02/2016  M58 MPH          ANZ431             DE   NOS PLATFORM

1159 PM     HEAVY RAIN       EASTON                  38.78N  76.08W
05/02/2016  M2.63 INCH       TALBOT             MD   MESONET

1205 AM     HEAVY RAIN       RIO VISTA               38.78N  76.21W
05/03/2016  M2.65 INCH       TALBOT             MD   MESONET

            1.32 INCHES MEASURED IN 30 MINUTES ENDING AT 933 PM

&&

EVENT NUMBER PHI1601019 PHI1601014 PHI1601028 PHI1601026 PHI1601016
PHI1601015 PHI1601020 PHI1601023 PHI1601024 PHI1601027 PHI1601017
PHI1601025 PHI1601018 PHI1601021 PHI1601022

GORSE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 3:20 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	PHI		3 days
May 4, 2:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PHI	Atlantic, Ocean	4 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Advisories in New Jersey, 2016 Every coastal flood advisory in 2016

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.