Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 22, 2019, 7:55 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 23, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2019, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 24, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 23:55 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 12:00Z, 11.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1258 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
796 WHUS41 KPHI 222355 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 755 PM EDT Sun Sep 22 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-231300- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0012.190923T1000Z-190924T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 755 PM EDT Sun Sep 22 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Monday through Monday 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 Monday through Monday 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. && $$ MPS
4 follow-up statements
205 WHUS41 KPHI 230830 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 430 AM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-232130- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0012.190923T1000Z-190924T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 430 AM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. * TIMING...Through this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 7
210 WHUS41 KPHI 231924 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 324 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-240200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190924T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 324 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. * TIMING...Until 10 PM EDT 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. && $$
156 WHUS41 KPHI 240118 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 918 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019 DEZ004-240230- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190924T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches- 918 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has downgraded the high rip current risk to a moderate risk. Although the high risk has been downgraded, a moderate risk of rip currents implies that individuals should enter the water only if they are experienced with swimming in the surf. $$ NJZ014-024>026-241430- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190925T0200Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 918 PM EDT Mon Sep 23 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. * TIMING...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
487 WHUS41 KPHI 240640 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 240 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2019 NJZ014-024>026-250200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-190925T0200Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 240 AM EDT Tue Sep 24 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The beaches of New Jersey. * TIMING...Through this evening. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...Very strong rip currents will be dangerous to anyone who enters the surf. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not enter the surf. If you are ever caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If possible, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Iovino
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 36 hr |
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.