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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 25, 20224 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2022, 8:32 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at May 26, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2022, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 26, 2022, 8:48 PM EDT
In force
15 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 00:35 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, 0.5 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 2022-05-26Temperature 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 2022-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

885 
WHUS41 KPHI 260032
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
832 PM EDT Wed May 25 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-261300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0001.220526T1000Z-220527T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
832 PM EDT Wed May 25 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents are expected.

* WHERE...The beaches of New Jersey and Delaware.

* WHEN...From 6:00 AM until 9:00 PM Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore and into deep and dangerous water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Entering the surf is discouraged. If caught in a rip current, 
relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If possible, 
swim in a direction following the shoreline. If you are unable to 
escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

Iovino
3 follow-up statements
129 
WHUS41 KPHI 260833
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
433 AM EDT Thu May 26 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-262145-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0001.220526T1000Z-220527T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
433 AM EDT Thu May 26 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* 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.

&&

$$

Davis
781 
WHUS41 KPHI 261940
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
340 PM EDT Thu May 26 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-270100-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-220527T0100Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
340 PM EDT Thu May 26 2022

...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.

&&

$$
485 
WHUS41 KPHI 270048
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
848 PM EDT Thu May 26 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-271400-
/O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-220527T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0002.220527T1000Z-220528T0200Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
848 PM EDT Thu May 26 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT FRIDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY 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 Friday through Friday 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.

&&

$$

MPS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:02 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI6 hr
May 26, 2:57 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI51 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2022Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 2022Every rip current statement in 2022

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.