Alert archive / New Jersey / Coastal Flood Statements in 2020
Coastal Flood Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Mar 7, 2020, 9:01 PM EST for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2020, 9:01 PM EST (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2020, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 2697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
673 WHUS41 KPHI 080201 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 901 PM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 NJZ020-026-080500- /O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0003.200308T0201Z-200308T0500Z/ Ocean-Coastal Ocean- 901 PM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 ...MINOR FLOODING ON THE UPPER BARNEGAT BAY... * WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...Upper Barnegat Bay and the tidal waterways that flow into it. * WHEN...Until midnight EST tonight. * IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
1 follow-up statement
504 WHUS41 KPHI 080501 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 1201 AM EST Sun Mar 8 2020 NJZ020-026-080615- /O.EXP.KPHI.CF.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200308T0500Z/ Ocean-Coastal Ocean- 1201 AM EST Sun Mar 8 2020 ...Coastal Flood Statement Expired... Water levels have dropped below minor flood thresholds on upper Barnegat Bay. Therefore, the coastal flood statement has expired. No additional coastal flooding is expected at this time. $$ MPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 4:01 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:49 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Ocean | 4 hr |
Nearby
Coastal 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.