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Coastal Flood Statement 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 23, 2020Ocean County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 23, 2020, 6:10 PM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 2020, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2020, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2020-09-23Temperature 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 2020-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2038 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

175 
WHUS41 KPHI 232210
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
610 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

NJZ026-240200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-200923T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0017.200923T2210Z-200924T0200Z/
/O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200924T0200Z/
Coastal Ocean-
610 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...LINGERING MINOR FLOODING ALONG BARNEGAT BAY THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents 
  will continue. Also, up to one half foot of inundation above 
  ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal 
  waterways is expected along Barnegat Bay.

* WHERE...Coastal Ocean County.

* WHEN...Until 10:00 PM this evening.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible. Rip currents can 
  sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive on flooded roadways.

Entering the surf is discouraged. If 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.

$$

DEZ004-240200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-200923T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0017.200923T2210Z-200924T0200Z/
/O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200924T0200Z/
Delaware Beaches-
610 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...LINGERING MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE BACK BAYS THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents
  will continue. Also, up to one half foot of inundation above
  ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal
  waterways is expected along the back bays.

* WHERE...Coastal Sussex County.

* WHEN...Until 10:00 PM this evening.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible. Rip currents can 
  sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive on flooded roadways.

Entering the surf is discouraged. If 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.

$$

NJZ020-240200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-200923T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0017.200923T2210Z-200924T0200Z/
Ocean-
610 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...LINGERING MINOR FLOODING ALONG BARNEGAT BAY THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level in
  low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways.

* WHERE...Barnegat Bay and the tidal waterways that flow into it.

* WHEN...Until 10:00 PM this evening.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive on flooded roadways.

$$

DEZ003-240200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-200923T2200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0017.200923T2210Z-200924T0200Z/
Inland Sussex-
610 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...LINGERING MINOR FLOODING ALONG THE BACK BAYS THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level in
  low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways.

* WHERE...The back bays of Sussex County and the tidal waterways 
  that flow into them.

* WHEN...Until 10:00 PM this evening.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive on flooded roadways.

$$

NJZ014-024-025-240200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-200923T2200Z/
/O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200924T0200Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-
610 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The beaches of New Jersey.

* WHEN...Until 10:00 PM this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Entering the surf is discouraged. If 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.

&&

$$

NJZ012-013-022-023-027-232315-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-200923T2200Z/
Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Atlantic-Cape May-
Southeastern Burlington-
610 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

Tidal departures will continue to decrease slowly along the coast
of New Jersey. As a result, the Coastal Flood Advisory has 
expired.

$$

Iovino
1 follow-up statement
431 
WHUS41 KPHI 240130
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
930 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

DEZ004-NJZ026-240230-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200924T0200Z/
/O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200924T0200Z/
Delaware Beaches-Coastal Ocean-
930 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...
...LINGERING TIDAL FLOODING IS ENDING...

There is a moderate risk for the development of dangerous rip 
currents overnight into Thursday.

The minor flooding along the back bays is coming to an end as 
water levels continue to decrease.

$$

DEZ003-NJZ020-240230-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200924T0200Z/
Inland Sussex-Ocean-
930 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...LINGERING TIDAL FLOODING IS ENDING...

The minor flooding along the back bays is coming to an end as 
water levels continue to decrease.

$$

NJZ014-024-025-240230-
/O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200924T0200Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-
930 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

There is a moderate risk for the development of dangerous rip 
currents overnight into Thursday.

$$

Iovino

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 5:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean13 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 2020Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2020Every coastal flood statement in 2020

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.