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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 23, 20174 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 23, 2017, 3:35 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2017, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
5 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 19:32 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, 7.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2017-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

684 
WHUS41 KPHI 231935
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2017

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-240100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0014.170923T1935Z-170924T0100Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
335 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 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...THE BEACHES OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. 

* RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. 

* SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. 

* TIMING AND TIDES...THROUGH THE EVENING. LOW TIDES ALONG THE 
  OCEAN FRONT WILL BE BETWEEN 4:30 PM AND 5:30 PM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND
FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A
DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE
SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
681 
WHUS41 KPHI 240048
CFWPHI

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
848 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2017

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-240200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-170924T0100Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
848 PM EDT SAT SEP 23 2017

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

A MODERATE RISK FOR THE FORMATION OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS RIP 
CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY, BUT MAY APPROACH A HIGH RISK FOR
SOME AREAS AT TIMES. A HIGH RISK IS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF NEXT 
WEEK AS SWELLS FROM HURRICANE MARIA AFFECT THE AREA.

$$

Nearby

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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.