Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at May 24, 2023, 8:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at May 25, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2023, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2023, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 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 00:26 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, 0.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
458 WHUS41 KPHI 250024 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 824 PM EDT Wed May 24 2023 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-251200- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0001.230525T1000Z-230526T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 824 PM EDT Wed May 24 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...The Delaware and New Jersey beaches. * WHEN...Thursday and Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents and hazardous surf conditions. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... It is recommended to remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. However 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. && $$ Gorse
3 follow-up statements
705 WHUS41 KPHI 250855 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 455 AM EDT Thu May 25 2023 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-252200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0001.230525T1000Z-230526T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 455 AM EDT Thu May 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...The Delaware and New Jersey beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents and hazardous surf conditions. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... It is recommended to remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. However if caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Brudy
063 WHUS41 KPHI 251930 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 330 PM EDT Thu May 25 2023 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-260000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-230526T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 330 PM EDT Thu May 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents are expected. * WHERE...The beaches of Delaware and New Jersey. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents and hazardous surf conditions. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore and into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not enter the water as conditions in the surf are extremely dangerous. If you are ever caught in a rip current, relax and float. Do not swim against the current. If possible, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If you are unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Iovino
447 WHUS41 KPHI 252351 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 751 PM EDT Thu May 25 2023 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-260100- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-230526T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 751 PM EDT Thu May 25 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The rip current risk is now MODERATE through at least Friday. A MODERATE risk means that life threatening rip currents are possible in the surf zone. Since the rip current risk is now MODERATE, this statement will be allowed to expire at 8 PM. $$ Gorse
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.