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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 19, 2021Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 19, 2021, 2:47 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2021, 2:47 PM EDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2021-09-19Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

195 
WHUS41 KPHI 191847
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
247 PM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

NJZ014-026-200000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0009.210919T1847Z-210920T0000Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-
247 PM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Ocean.

* WHEN...Until 8 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
113 
WHUS41 KPHI 200020
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
820 PM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

NJZ014-026-200130-
/O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210920T0000Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-
820 PM EDT Sun Sep 19 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

$$

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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.