Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 15, 2017, 6:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2017, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2017, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 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 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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
- 499 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
241 WHUS41 KPHI 152254 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 654 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-161200- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0004.170815T2254Z-170817T0100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 654 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE OCCURS THIS EVENING...HIGH TIDE OCCURS OVERNIGHT...LOW TIDE OCCURS ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND HIGH TIDE OCCURS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
225 WHUS41 KPHI 160715 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 315 AM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-162130- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170817T0100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 315 AM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...4 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...LOW TIDE OCCURS THIS MORNING AND HIGH TIDE OCCURS MID AFTERNOON. * OTHER HAZARDS...MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$ DRAG
289 WHUS41 KPHI 161911 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 311 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-170100- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170817T0100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 311 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING AND TIDES...HIGH TIDE OCCURS BETWEEN NOW AND 5 PM, AND NEXT LOW TIDE WILL BE AFTER 9 PM. * OTHER HAZARDS...MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MPS
732 WHUS41 KPHI 170053 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 853 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-170200- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-170817T0100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 853 PM EDT WED AUG 16 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE LONGER-PERIOD SWELLS THAT OCCURRED FOR MUCH OF THE PAST 24 HOURS ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH, AND SEAS HAVE LOWERED THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT, THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO THE MODERATE CATEGORY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. DESPITE THE DIMINISHING RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS, BEACH- GOERS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT. SWIM ONLY IN THE PRESENCE OF LIFEGUARDS, AND IF BEACHES ARE CLOSED...RESPECT THE DECISIONS OF THE LOCAL OFFICIALS. $$ CMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 9:44 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 41 hr | |
| Aug 15, 6:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent | 4 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 50 min |
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.