Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 11, 2017, 8:22 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 12, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2017, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 00:19 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 00:00Z, 0.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
305 WHUS41 KPHI 120022 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 822 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY... .LONG PERIOD SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD SOME THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY AS TROPICAL ACTIVITY CONTINUES IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN. IN ADDITION, THE WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASE SOME. THIS WILL RESULT IN A HEIGHTENED RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-121315- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0009.170912T1000Z-170913T0000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 822 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...AROUND 4 FEET. 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. && $$ GORSE
3 follow-up statements
261 WHUS41 KPHI 120950 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 550 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... LONG PERIOD SWELLS GENERATED PREVIOUSLY FROM HURRICANE IRMA AS WELL AS FROM HURRICANE JOSE GRADUALLY BUILDS THROUGH THE DAY. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-130000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0009.170912T1000Z-170913T0000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 550 AM EDT TUE SEP 12 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET THIS MORNING, BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * OUTLOOK...A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN SANDBARS AND NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS, JETTIES, AND PIERS. TALK TO LIFEGUARDS AND BEACH OFFICIALS TO LEARN ABOUT ANY SURF HAZARDS AND HEED THEIR ADVICE. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. AS A REMINDER, MANY BEACHES NOW MAY HAVE LIMITED OR NO LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MEANS DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS EXIST FOR ALL PEOPLE ENTERING THE SURF. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACHES SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE HIGH SURF. && $$
250 WHUS41 KPHI 121921 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 321 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS EVENING... LONG PERIOD SWELLS GENERATED FROM HURRICANE JOSE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO THE WATERS. DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-130000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170913T0000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 321 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...THE NEW JERSEY SHORE AND THE DELAWARE BEACHES. * RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...HIGH. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET. * OUTLOOK...A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. && $$ MPS
068 WHUS41 KPHI 122350 CFWPHI COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE FOR PA...NJ...DE...AND MD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 750 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2017 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-130100- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-170913T0000Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 750 PM EDT TUE SEP 12 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY WILL ALLOW THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. THE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE SUCH ON WEDNESDAY FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 4:21 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | PHI | 11 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.