Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 2 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.