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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Sep 4, 2024, 4:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Sep 5, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 4, 2024, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 5, 2024, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 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 20:50 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 12:00Z, 8.8 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
- 1393 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
953 WHUS41 KPHI 042047 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 447 PM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051000- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0009.240905T1200Z-240906T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 447 PM EDT Wed Sep 4 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Delaware Beaches and the New Jersey Shore. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't enter the surf at unguarded beaches. 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. && $$ Johnson
6 follow-up statements
831 WHUS41 KPHI 050725 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 325 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2024 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-060000- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0009.240905T1000Z-240907T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 325 AM EDT Thu Sep 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. In New Jersey, Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal Atlantic and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't enter the surf at unguarded beaches. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
354 WHUS41 KPHI 051847 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 247 PM EDT Thu Sep 5 2024 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-061000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240907T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 247 PM EDT Thu Sep 5 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY 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 Friday 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. && $$ MPS
729 WHUS41 KPHI 060808 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 408 AM EDT Fri Sep 6 2024 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-070000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240907T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 408 AM EDT Fri Sep 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Beaches for New Jersey and Delaware. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
175 WHUS41 KPHI 062110 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 510 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2024 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-071100- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240908T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 510 PM EDT Fri Sep 6 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY 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 Saturday 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. && $$ Staarmann
024 WHUS41 KPHI 070737 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 337 AM EDT Sat Sep 7 2024 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-080000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240908T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 337 AM EDT Sat Sep 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...In Delaware, Delaware Beaches. In New Jersey, Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal Atlantic and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Don't enter the surf at unguarded beaches. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Gorse
789 WHUS41 KPHI 072353 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 753 PM EDT Sat Sep 7 2024 DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-080100- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-240908T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May- Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 753 PM EDT Sat Sep 7 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... With winds shifting offshore and seas gradually subsiding, the high risk for rip currents will be allowed to expire. There is a MODERATE risk of rip currents for Sunday, and a LOW risk for Monday. Always swim at a guarded beach. $$ Staarmann
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2:29 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 4 days |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in New Jersey, 2024Rip Current Statements in Delaware, 2024Every rip current statement in 2024
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.