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Coastal Flood Statement 20, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 13, 2020Sussex County, Delaware; Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Oct 13, 2020, 8:53 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2020, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2020, 1:08 AM EDT
In force
4 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 00:57 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 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 00:00Z on 2020-10-14Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2020-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -112 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
939 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

341 
WHUS41 KPHI 140053
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
853 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2020

NJZ020-026-140800-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0020.201014T0053Z-201014T0800Z/
Ocean-Coastal Ocean-
853 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2020

...MINOR FLOODING ALONG BARNEGAT BAY LATE TONIGHT...

* 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 4 AM EDT Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.


&&

$$

DEZ003-004-140800-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0020.201014T0053Z-201014T0800Z/
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-
853 PM EDT Tue Oct 13 2020

...MINOR FLOODING ALONG LITTLE ASSAWOMAN BAY LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level 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 Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&


$$
1 follow-up statement
649 
WHUS41 KPHI 140508
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
108 AM EDT Wed Oct 14 2020

DEZ003-004-NJZ020-026-140615-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0020.000000T0000Z-201014T0800Z/
Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Ocean-Coastal Ocean-
108 AM EDT Wed Oct 14 2020

...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 3:16 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI34 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Delaware, 2020Coastal Flood Statements in New Jersey, 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.