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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 12, 20194 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2019-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:48 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI62 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.