Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2022
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 34 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.