Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2017, 9:12 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 2, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2017, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2017, 9:01 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1209 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
068 WHUS41 KPHI 020112 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 912 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017 ...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS TO START THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND... A HIGH RISK FOR FORMATION OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AT THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY BEACHES. DEZ004-NJZ024-025-021415- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0006.170902T1000Z-170903T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- 912 PM EDT FRI SEP 1 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...DELAWARE BEACHES AND PORTIONS OF THE NEW JERSEY SHORE IN ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BUILD TO 4 OR 5 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. 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. && $$ JRK
3 follow-up statements
425 WHUS41 KPHI 020935 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 535 AM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017 ...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS TO START THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND... A HIGH RISK FOR FORMATION OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AT THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY BEACHES. DEZ004-NJZ024-025-022245- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0006.170902T1000Z-170903T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- 535 AM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...DELAWARE BEACHES AND PORTIONS OF THE NEW JERSEY SHORE IN ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BUILD TO 4 OR 5 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE, WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT, RELAX AND FLOAT. DON'T SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT. IF ABLE, SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. && $$
031 WHUS41 KPHI 021942 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 342 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017 ...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS TO START THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND... A HIGH RISK FOR FORMATION OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY AT THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY BEACHES. DEZ004-NJZ024-025-030300- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170903T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- 342 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...DELAWARE BEACHES AND PORTIONS OF THE NEW JERSEY SHORE IN ATLANTIC AND CAPE MAY COUNTIES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...BREAKING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE UP TO 5 FEET THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS, BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. 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. && $$
109 WHUS41 KPHI 030101 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 901 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017 DEZ004-NJZ024-025-030215- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-170903T0300Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- 901 PM EDT SAT SEP 2 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 10:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent | 4 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.