Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 16, 2017, 8:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 17, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2017, 8:35 PM EDT (00:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 17, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2017, 4:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
411 WHUS41 KPHI 170035 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 835 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-171430- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0011.170917T1200Z-170918T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 835 PM EDT SAT SEP 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE IS AROUND MIDDAY SUNDAY AND AROUND MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES, AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. AS A REMINDER, MANY BEACHES NOW MAY HAVE LIMITED OR NO LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY. 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 HIGH SURF. && $$ CMS
2 follow-up statements
949 WHUS41 KPHI 170748 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 348 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-172100- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0011.170917T1200Z-170918T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 348 AM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE ATLANTIC BEACHES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE IS AROUND MIDDAY TODAY AND AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES, AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. AS A REMINDER, MANY BEACHES NOW MAY HAVE LIMITED OR NO LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST FOR ALL PEOPLE ENTERING THE SURF. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE HIGH SURF. && $$
803 WHUS41 KPHI 172054 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 454 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-172200- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-170918T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 454 PM EDT SUN SEP 17 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ CMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 3:53 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 41 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2017Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017
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.