Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jun 9, 2019, 10:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2019, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2019, 11:55 AM 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 02:11 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, 2.2 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
114 WHUS41 KPHI 100209 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 1009 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 DEZ004-NJZ024>026-101515- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-190610T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0002.190610T0209Z-190611T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 1009 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Monday evening. * LOCATIONS...New Jersey shore and the Delaware beaches * TIMING...Through Monday evening * TIDES...Low tides will be between 7 and 8 AM and PM * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...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. * WAVES...5 to 7 feet 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. && $$ NJZ014-101515- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0002.190610T0209Z-190611T0200Z/ Eastern Monmouth- 1009 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Monday evening. * LOCATIONS...New Jersey shore and the Delaware beaches * TIMING...Through Monday evening. * TIDES...Low tides will be between 7 and 8 AM and PM * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...A high risk of rip currents means dangerous and potentially life threatening conditions exist for all people entering the surf. People visiting the beaches should stay out of the high surf. * WAVES...5 to 7 feet PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
859 WHUS41 KPHI 100936 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 536 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-102245- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-190611T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 536 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...New Jersey shore and the Delaware beaches * TIMING...Through this evening * TIDES...Low tides will be between 8 and 9 AM and PM * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...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. * WAVES...5 to 7 feet PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
399 WHUS41 KPHI 101555 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 1155 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-101700- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-190611T0200Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 1155 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. The rip current risk has been lowered to moderate as waves have subsided to around 5 feet, and the wind is turning more southeast or south across portions of the coast. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:04 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 5 hr | |
| Jun 10, 3:43 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 21 hr | |
| Jun 10, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 6:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Kent | 112 min |
| Jun 10, 7:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 114 min |
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.