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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 15, 20204 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jun 15, 2020, 3:48 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jun 15, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2020, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 15, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 16, 2020, 8:56 PM EDT
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2020-06-15Temperature 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 2020-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

644 
WHUS41 KPHI 150748
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
348 AM EDT Mon Jun 15 2020

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-152100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0003.200615T1200Z-200616T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
348 AM EDT Mon Jun 15 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape 
  May, Coastal Atlantic and Coastal Ocean. In Delaware, Delaware 
  Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through 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. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in
a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face
the shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

Deal
4 follow-up statements
796 
WHUS41 KPHI 151936
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 15 2020

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-160100-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200616T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
336 PM EDT Mon Jun 15 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape 
  May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. In Delaware, 
  Delaware Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 9 PM EDT 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. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in
a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face
the shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

Staarmann
592 
WHUS41 KPHI 160021
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
821 PM EDT Mon Jun 15 2020

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-161330-
/O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200617T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
821 PM EDT Mon Jun 15 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape 
  May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. In Delaware, 
  Delaware Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in
a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face
the shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
024 
WHUS41 KPHI 160956
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
556 AM EDT Tue Jun 16 2020

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-170100-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200617T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
556 AM EDT Tue Jun 16 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean, Atlantic Coastal Cape 
  May, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Atlantic. In Delaware, 
  Delaware Beaches.

* WHEN...Through 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. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in
a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face
the shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$
227 
WHUS41 KPHI 170056
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
856 PM EDT Tue Jun 16 2020

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-170200-
/O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200617T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
856 PM EDT Tue Jun 16 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

Nearby

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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.