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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 26, 2022Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2022, 8:48 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at May 27, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2022, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
In effect from
May 27, 2022, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 27, 2022, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
16 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 00:51 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, 0.8 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 2022-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2022-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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
3 follow-up statements
106 
WHUS41 KPHI 270847
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
447 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-272200-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0002.220527T1000Z-220528T0200Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
447 AM EDT Fri May 27 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.

&&

$$

Staarmann
418 
WHUS41 KPHI 271354
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
954 AM EDT Fri May 27 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-280200-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-220528T0200Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
954 AM EDT Fri May 27 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.

&&

$$
630 
WHUS41 KPHI 271842
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
242 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-280200-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-220528T0200Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
242 PM EDT Fri May 27 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 12:43 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryPHISussex12 hr
May 27, 3:23 AM EDTFlood WatchPHINew Castle21 hr
May 27, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, Sussex47 min
May 27, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex30 min
May 27, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIKent13 min
May 27, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex35 min
May 27, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex30 min
May 26, 8:50 PM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryPHI16 hr
May 27, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI44 min
May 27, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem47 min
May 27, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI45 min
May 27, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May40 min
May 27, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem47 min
May 27, 3:28 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Camden32 min
May 27, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean46 min
May 27, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
May 27, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean40 min
May 27, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer24 min
May 27, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer33 min
May 27, 3:57 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean9 min
May 27, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean and 1 more27 min
May 27, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Somerset35 min
May 27, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth12 min

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.