Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2019, 9:10 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2019, 9:10 PM EDT (01:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2019, 9:21 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 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 01:10 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 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
- 1659 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
The text
As transmitted.
936 WHUS41 KPHI 130110 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 910 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-140400- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0010.190913T1000Z-190914T0400Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 910 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * LOCATIONS...In New Jersey, Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal Atlantic and Coastal Ocean. In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. * TIMING...From 6 AM EDT Friday through Friday evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous 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. && $$ po
6 follow-up statements
045 WHUS41 KPHI 130808 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 408 AM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-140400- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0010.190913T1000Z-190914T0400Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 408 AM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. * TIMING...Through this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
617 WHUS41 KPHI 131856 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 256 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-140400- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190914T0400Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 256 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * LOCATIONS...The coasts of New Jersey and Delaware. * TIMING...Until midnight tonight. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the surf. If you are ever caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If possible, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Iovino
826 WHUS41 KPHI 140112 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 912 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-141400- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 912 PM EDT Fri Sep 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. * TIMING...Through Saturday evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the surf. If you are ever caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If possible, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ MPS
385 WHUS41 KPHI 140907 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 507 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-150200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 507 AM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The beaches of New Jersey and Delaware. * TIMING...Through this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the surf. If you are ever caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If possible, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ CMS
946 WHUS41 KPHI 141938 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 338 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-150200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 338 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The beaches of New Jersey and Delaware. * TIMING...Through this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay out of the surf. If you are ever caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If possible, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
889 WHUS41 KPHI 150121 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 921 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-150230- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-190915T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 921 PM EDT Sat Sep 14 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2019Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.