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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 16, 2022Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Aug 16, 2022, 8:56 PM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Aug 17, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2022, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 17, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2022-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 85 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 2022-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
85 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

153 
WHUS41 KPHI 170056
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
856 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-026-171400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0003.220817T1200Z-220818T0000Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-
856 PM EDT Tue Aug 16 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Ocean. In 
  Delaware, Delaware Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Wednesday through Wednesday 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
2 follow-up statements
665 
WHUS41 KPHI 170743
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
343 AM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-026-180000-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.220817T1200Z-220818T0000Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-
343 AM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Coastal Ocean and Eastern Monmouth. In 
  Delaware, Delaware Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning 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.

&&

$$
617 
WHUS41 KPHI 171957
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
357 PM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-026-180000-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-220818T0000Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-
357 PM EDT Wed Aug 17 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. In New Jersey, 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 1:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHINew Castle2 hr

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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.