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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 25, 20244 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jun 25, 2024, 5:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Jun 26, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2024, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 26, 2024, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Jun 26, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 12:00Z on 2024-06-25Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2024-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

631 
WHUS41 KPHI 252101
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
501 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2024

NJZ014-024>026-261015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0005.240626T1200Z-240627T0000Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-
Coastal Ocean-
501 PM EDT Tue Jun 25 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal 
  Atlantic and Coastal Ocean.

* WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. 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
234 
WHUS41 KPHI 260815
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
415 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

NJZ014-024>026-262115-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0005.240626T1200Z-240627T0000Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-
Coastal Ocean-
415 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal 
  Atlantic and Coastal Ocean.

* 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...

Swim near a lifeguard. 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.

&&

$$
236 
WHUS41 KPHI 262051
CFWPHI

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
451 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

NJZ014-024>026-270000-
/O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-240627T0000Z/
Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-
Coastal Ocean-
451 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal 
  Atlantic 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...

Swim near a lifeguard. 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:50 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 2 more42 hr
Jun 25, 3:20 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI48 hr

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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.