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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 11, 20224 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 11, 2022, 8:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2022, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 12, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
23 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 00:42 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, 0.7 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 2022-09-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 460 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 2022-09-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
460 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

427 
WHUS41 KPHI 120042
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
842 PM EDT Sun Sep 11 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-121345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0005.220912T0042Z-220913T0000Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
842 PM EDT Sun Sep 11 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through Monday 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.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
487 
WHUS41 KPHI 120900
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
500 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-130000-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220913T0000Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
500 AM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* 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.

&&

$$
508 
WHUS41 KPHI 130010
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
810 PM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-130115-
/O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220913T0000Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
810 PM EDT Mon Sep 12 2022

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

The rip current risk for Tuesday is forecast to be Moderate.
Therefore the Rip Current Risk will be allowed to expire.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington26 min
Sep 12, 7:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer34 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.