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Coastal Flood Statement 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 12, 2021Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this coastal flood statement at Nov 12, 2021, 5:09 PM EST for Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2021, 5:09 PM EST (22:09 UTC)
Expired
Nov 12, 2021, 9:18 PM EST
In force
4 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 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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 12:00Z on 2021-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 191 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2021-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 262 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

312 
WHUS41 KPHI 122209
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
509 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

NJZ020-026-130500-
/O.NEW.KPHI.CF.S.0013.211112T2209Z-211113T0500Z/
Ocean-Coastal Ocean-
509 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

* WHAT...Around 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 midnight EST tonight.

* IMPACTS...Minor roadway flooding is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Do not drive through flooded roadways.

&&

$$

Johnson
1 follow-up statement
748 
WHUS41 KPHI 130218
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
918 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

NJZ020-026-130330-
/O.CAN.KPHI.CF.S.0013.000000T0000Z-211113T0500Z/
Ocean-Coastal Ocean-
918 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

The coastal flood statement for Barnegat Bay has been cancelled.
Tide levels on the northern portions of Barnegat Bay have fallen
below flood thresholds. Tidal flood concerns are not anticipated
with subsequent high tides.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 12, 9:16 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon44 min
Nov 12, 9:35 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex55 min
Nov 12, 2:49 PM ESTGale WarningPHI31 hr

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.