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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 13, 2017Atlantic County, Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 13, 2017, 1:22 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 13, 2017, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 140 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WHUS41 KPHI 131722
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
122 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2017


NJZ024>026-140100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0010.170913T1722Z-170914T0100Z/
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
122 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
  BEACHES. 

* RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH

* SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET. 

* HAZARD CAUSE...REPORTS OF LIFEGUARD RESPONSE TO SWELLS DURING 
  MIDDAY.
  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIM ONLY NEAR A LIFEGUARD. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS 
DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST FOR 
ALL PEOPLE ENTERING THE SURF. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD 
STAY OUT OF THE SURF. 

&&

$$

DRAG
1 follow-up statement
251 
WHUS41 KPHI 140056
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
856 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2017

NJZ024>026-140200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-170914T0100Z/
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
856 PM EDT WED SEP 13 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9:00 PM. THERE IS A 
MODERATE RISK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS 
OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

$$

IOVINO

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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.