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Coastal Flood Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 27, 2020Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Mar 27, 2020, 12:12 AM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2020, 12:12 AM EDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2020, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
5 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 04:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-03-27Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2020-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

900 
WHUS41 KPHI 270412
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1212 AM EDT Fri Mar 27 2020

NJZ020-026-270900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0005.200327T0412Z-200327T0900Z/
Ocean-Coastal Ocean-
1212 AM EDT Fri Mar 27 2020

...MINOR FLOODING ALONG BARNEGAT BAY OVERNIGHT...

* 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 5:00 AM.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flood waters.

$$

Iovino

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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.