Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at May 16, 2026, 4:58 AM EDT for 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at May 16, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2026, 4:58 AM EDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 16, 2026, 7:54 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 09:03 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, 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1359 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
328 WHUS41 KPHI 160858 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 458 AM EDT Sat May 16 2026 NJZ014-024>026-162200- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0001.260516T1200Z-260517T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 458 AM EDT Sat May 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Water temperatures are in the 50s. These cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia and physical incapacitation to anyone suddenly immersed in the water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Always obey posted Beach Flags. If you enter the surf zone, always have a floatation device with you and swim near a lifeguard if possible. If caught in a rip current, relax and float and do not swim against the current. If able, swim parallel to the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ AKL
3 follow-up statements
570 WHUS41 KPHI 161859 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 259 PM EDT Sat May 16 2026 NJZ014-024>026-170000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260517T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 259 PM EDT Sat May 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape May, Coastal Atlantic and Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Water temperatures are in the 50s. These cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia and physical incapacitation to anyone suddenly immersed in the water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Always obey posted Beach Flags. If you enter the surf zone, always have a floatation device with you and swim near a lifeguard if possible. If caught in a rip current, relax and float and do not swim against the current. If able, swim parallel to the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ MPS
779 WHUS41 KPHI 162332 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 732 PM EDT Sat May 16 2026 NJZ014-024>026-170045- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260517T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 732 PM EDT Sat May 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... There will remain a moderate risk of rip current development on Sunday. $$
092 WHUS41 KPHI 162354 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 754 PM EDT Sat May 16 2026 NJZ014-024>026-170100- /O.CAN.KPHI.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-260517T0000Z/ Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- Coastal Ocean- 754 PM EDT Sat May 16 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high rip current risk is no longer in effect. $$ 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.