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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 11, 2020, 8:39 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 12, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2020, 8:39 PM EDT (00:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 12, 2020, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2020, 7:16 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
978 WHUS41 KPHI 120039 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 839 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2020 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-121400- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0008.200912T1000Z-200913T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 839 PM EDT Fri Sep 11 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...The Atlantic beaches of New Jersey and Delaware. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches are encouraged to stay out of the surf. 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. && $$ Gorse
2 follow-up statements
882 WHUS41 KPHI 120747 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 347 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-130000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0008.200912T1000Z-200913T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 347 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...The Atlantic beaches of New Jersey and Delaware. * WHEN...From 6 AM EDT Saturday through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches are encouraged to stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Entering the surf is discouraged. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
303 WHUS41 KPHI 122316 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 716 PM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-131230- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-200913T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0009.200913T1000Z-200914T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 716 PM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY 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 6 AM EDT Sunday through Sunday 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:16 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Sussex | 4 days |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2020Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 2020Every rip current 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.