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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 17, 2024Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at May 17, 2024, 3:39 AM EDT for Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2024, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2024, 4:23 PM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2024-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2024-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

944 
WHUS41 KPHI 170739
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
339 AM EDT Fri May 17 2024

NJZ014-026-172100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0001.240517T0739Z-240518T0000Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-
339 AM EDT Fri May 17 2024

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...The coast of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Life guards are not yet on duty at area
  beaches. You should never swim at an unguarded beach, but
  especially with a high risk of rip currents the safest course of
  action is to stay out of the surf.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

Johnson
1 follow-up statement
140 
WHUS41 KPHI 172023
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
423 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

NJZ014-026-172130-
/O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-240518T0000Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean-
423 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

There is now a Moderate Risk for the development of dangerous and
life threatening rip currents. Therefore, the High Rip Current
Risk has been cancelled.

$$

MPS

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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.