Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 30, 2016, 6:04 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2016, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 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 22:07 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 12:00Z, 10.1 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
- 971 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
703 WHUS41 KPHI 302204 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 604 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-010100- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-160930T2200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0004.160930T2204Z-161001T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.160930T2300Z-161001T0600Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 604 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND DELAWARE BEACHES. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE...ESPECIALLY BACK BAYS. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 8 PM AND 930 PM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS...ALONG DELAWARE BAY AND ALONG RARITAN BAY OCCURS LATER THAN THE HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEAN FRONT. * SURGE...AROUND 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. * WAVE HEIGHTS...5 TO 8 FEET. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME ROADS MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME ROAD CLOSURES. USUALLY...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS WILL FLOOD. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AT A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE DAMAGED...LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIRS. FOR A LIST OF THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TIDE HEIGHTS IN YOUR COUNTY PLEASE GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/TIDES THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ DEZ002-003-NJZ012-013-020>023-027-010100- /O.CON.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.160930T2300Z-161001T0600Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- 604 PM EDT FRI SEP 30 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE AND AREAS ALONG DELAWARE BAY AND RARITAN BAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR TIDAL INUNDATION FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THIS EVENINGS HIGH TIDE...ESPECIALLY BACK BAYS. * TIMING...HIGH TIDE ON THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE OCEAN FRONT OCCURS BETWEEN 8 PM AND 930 PM. HIGH TIDE ON THE BACK BAYS...ALONG DELAWARE BAY AND ALONG RARITAN BAY OCCURS LATER THAN THE HIGH TIDE ON THE OCEAN FRONT. * SURGE...AROUND 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE THE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE. * WAVE HEIGHTS...1 TO 3 FEET. * IMPACTS...LOCALIZED ROADWAY FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME ROADS MAY BE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY MEANS THAT MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. MINOR TIDAL FLOODING OFTEN RESULTS IN SOME ROAD CLOSURES. USUALLY...THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS WILL FLOOD. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE AT A LOCATION THAT IS PRONE TO TIDAL FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK IT IS. YOU WILL BE PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER AND YOUR VEHICLE MAY BE DAMAGED...LEADING TO COSTLY REPAIRS. FOR A LIST OF THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TIDE HEIGHTS IN YOUR COUNTY PLEASE GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/TIDES && $$ MPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1:40 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 13 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 46 hr | |
| Sep 30, 3:03 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 3:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 4:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 13 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 6:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 7:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 9:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 39 hr |
| Sep 30, 10:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 4 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 19 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2016Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 2016Every rip current statement 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.