Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jul 27, 2018, 10:34 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 2018, 10:34 AM EDT (14:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2018, 8:22 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
280 WHUS41 KPHI 271434 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 1034 AM EDT Fri Jul 27 2018 NJZ014-024>026-280300- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0006.180727T1434Z-180728T0300Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 1034 AM EDT Fri Jul 27 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * LOCATIONS...The New Jersey Shore. * TIMING...Through this evening * RIP CURRENT RISK...High. * WAVES...3 to 4 feet. * TIDES...Low tide is expected early to mid afternoon. High tide will occur this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be life threatening to anyone who enters the surf. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
683 WHUS41 KPHI 280022 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 822 PM EDT Fri Jul 27 2018 NJZ014-024>026-280130- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180728T0300Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 822 PM EDT Fri Jul 27 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. Conditions are gradually improving, but a moderate risk is expected to continue into Saturday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 9:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 11:11 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 12:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cape May | 114 min |
| Jul 27, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Salem | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 min | |
| Jul 27, 1:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 56 min | |
| Jul 27, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min | |
| Jul 27, 2:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jul 27, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 3:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 6 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Jul 27, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Jul 27, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 67 min | |
| Jul 27, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 61 min | |
| Jul 27, 7:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 7:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset, Warren | 108 min |
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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.