Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jun 12, 2019, 7:18 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jun 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2019, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 13, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2019, 11:59 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 23:19 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, 11.3 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
- 1987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
902 WHUS41 KPHI 122318 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 718 PM EDT Wed Jun 12 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-131200- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0003.190613T1000Z-190613T2300Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 718 PM EDT Wed Jun 12 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 6 AM EDT Thursday through Thursday evening. * LOCATIONS...The New Jersey shore and Delaware Beaches. * TIMING...Thursday through Thursday evening. * TIDES...Low tides will occur between 5 am and 6 am. * 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. && $$ MPS
2 follow-up statements
188 WHUS41 KPHI 130837 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 437 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-140100- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0003.190613T1000Z-190614T0100Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 437 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...The New Jersey shore and Delaware Beaches. * TIMING...Today through this evening. * TIDES...Low tides will occur between 11 am and 12 pm. * SURF ZONE IMPACTS...A high risk of rip currents means dangerous and potentially life threatening conditions exist for all people entering the surf. People visiting the beaches should stay out of the high surf. * WAVES...5 to 7 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
629 WHUS41 KPHI 131559 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 1159 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-131700- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-190614T0100Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 1159 AM EDT Thu Jun 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. While the risk of dangerous rip currents remains elevated, it has diminished enough and therefore the high risk has been cancelled and replaced with a moderate risk of dangerous rip currents. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 62 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.