Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2025
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2025, 3:56 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Aug 1, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2025, 3:56 AM EDT (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2025, 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 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 430 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
584 WHUS41 KPHI 310756 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 356 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 NJZ014-026-312200- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0003.250801T1000Z-250802T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean- 356 AM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A high risk of rip currents is anticipated to continue through Saturday. 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. && $$ Staarmann
7 follow-up statements
352 WHUS41 KPHI 312113 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 513 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 NJZ014-026-011200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.250801T1000Z-250802T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean- 513 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A high risk of rip currents is anticipated to continue through Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Cooper/MJL
649 WHUS41 KPHI 010825 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 425 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 NJZ024-025-012200- /O.EXB.KPHI.RP.S.0003.250802T0000Z-250803T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 425 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Atlantic Coastal Cape May and Coastal Atlantic. * WHEN...From this evening 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. && $$ DEZ004-012200- /O.EXB.KPHI.RP.S.0003.250802T0000Z-250803T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches- 425 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Delaware Beaches. * WHEN...From this evening through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NJZ014-026-012200- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0003.250801T1000Z-250803T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean- 425 AM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Eastern Monmouth 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. && $$ Staarmann
565 WHUS41 KPHI 012009 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 409 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 NJZ024-025-020915- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0003.250801T2009Z-250803T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 409 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Atlantic Coastal Cape May and Coastal Atlantic. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DEZ004-020915- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0003.250801T2009Z-250803T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches- 409 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Delaware Beaches. * 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. && $$ NJZ014-026-020915- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250803T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean- 409 PM EDT Fri Aug 1 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
340 WHUS41 KPHI 020608 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 208 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 DEZ004-030000- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250804T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches- 208 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Delaware Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$ NJZ014-026-030000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250803T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean- 208 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Eastern Monmouth and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ NJZ024-025-030000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250803T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 208 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Atlantic Coastal Cape May and Coastal Atlantic. * 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. && $$
746 WHUS41 KPHI 022356 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 756 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 NJZ014-026-030100- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250803T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Coastal Ocean- 756 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Winds decrease in strength on Sunday but remain northeasterly. Swells of 3-4 feet remain onshore as well with a period of around 7 seconds. As a result, a MODERATE risk for the development of rip currents is forecast for Sunday for Monmouth and Ocean County beaches. $$ NJZ024-025-030100- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250803T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 756 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... Winds decrease in strength on Sunday but remain northeasterly. Swells of 3-4 feet remain onshore as well with a period of around 7 seconds. As a result, a MODERATE risk for the development of rip currents is forecast for Sunday for Atlantic and Cape May County beaches. $$ DEZ004-030900- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250804T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches- 756 PM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Delaware Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ AKL
366 WHUS41 KPHI 030548 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 148 AM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025 DEZ004-040000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250804T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches- 148 AM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Delaware Beaches. * 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. && $$
450 WHUS41 KPHI 040013 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 813 PM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025 DEZ004-040115- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250804T0000Z/ Delaware Beaches- 813 PM EDT Sun Aug 3 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Winds decrease in strength on Monday but remain northeasterly. Swells of 3-4 feet remain onshore as well with a period of around 7-/ seconds. As a result, a MODERATE risk for the development of rip currents is forecast for Monday for the Delaware Beaches. Some signal exists that seas may be a little higher, which could prompt a future revision to a HIGH risk, but uncertainty precludes this change at this time. $$ AKL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 70 hr | |
| Jul 31, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 26 min |
| Jul 31, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 18 min |
| Jul 31, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 40 min |
| Jul 31, 2:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 2:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 50 min |
| Jul 31, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Jul 31, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 42 min |
| Jul 31, 3:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 54 min | |
| Jul 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 36 min | |
| Jul 31, 4:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 58 min | |
| Jul 31, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 63 min | |
| Jul 31, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 91 min | |
| Jul 31, 2:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 21 min |
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.