Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2020
Coastal Flood Statement 17, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 5:11 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 13 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.