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Coastal Flood Statement 19, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 12, 2020Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 12, 2020, 8:54 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Oct 12, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 12, 2020, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2020, 9:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 13, 2020, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Sussex County, DE

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 2020-10-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2020-10-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

731 
WHUS41 KPHI 130054
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
854 PM EDT Mon Oct 12 2020

DEZ001-NJZ016-130200-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-201013T0200Z/
New Castle-Salem-
854 PM EDT Mon Oct 12 2020

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

High tide has passed and no additional tidal flooding is expected.
Therefore, the coastal flood advisory has been cancelled.

$$

DEZ003-004-130800-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-201013T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0019.201013T0100Z-201013T0800Z/
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-
854 PM EDT Mon Oct 12 2020

...MINOR FLOODING ALONG LITTLE ASSAWOMAN BAY...

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

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

* WHEN...Until 4 AM EDT Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&


$$

NJZ020-022>027-130200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-201013T0100Z/
Ocean-Atlantic-Cape May-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-Southeastern Burlington-
854 PM EDT Mon Oct 12 2020

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

High tide has passed and no additional tidal flooding is expected.
Therefore, the coastal flood advisory will be allowed to expire.

$$

DEZ002-NJZ021-130200-
/O.EXP.KPHI.CF.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-201013T0100Z/
Kent-Cumberland-
854 PM EDT Mon Oct 12 2020

...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

High tide has passed and no additional tidal flooding is expected.
Therefore, the coastal flood advisory will be allowed to expire.

$$

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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.