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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jul 7, 2025, 3:53 AM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It took effect at Jul 7, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2025, 3:53 AM EDT (07:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 668 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
022 WHUS41 KPHI 070753 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 353 AM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 NJZ024>026-072100- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0002.250707T1200Z-250708T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 353 AM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents occur often in the vicinities of jetties and piers and the speed of the currents are generally maximized at low tides. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
856 WHUS41 KPHI 072054 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 454 PM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 NJZ024>026-081000- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250709T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 454 PM EDT Mon Jul 7 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal Atlantic and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents occur often in the vicinities of jetties and piers and the speed of the currents are generally maximized at low tides. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ MJL
632 WHUS41 KPHI 080738 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 338 AM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025 NJZ024>026-082045- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-250709T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean- 338 AM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Rip currents occur often in the vicinities of jetties and piers and the speed of the currents are generally maximized at low tides. 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. && $$ Fitzsimmons
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:06 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 8 more | 42 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:16 AM EDT | Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:01 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 20 hr | |
| Jul 7, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 53 min |
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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.