Alert archive / New Jersey / Rip Current Statements in 2026
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at May 31, 2026, 4:06 AM EDT for Ocean County, New Jersey. It took effect at May 31, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2026, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 31, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 31, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
568 WHUS41 KPHI 310806 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 406 AM EDT Sun May 31 2026 NJZ026-312115- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0003.260531T1200Z-260601T0200Z/ Coastal Ocean- 406 AM EDT Sun May 31 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...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... 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. && $$ Johnson
1 follow-up statement
004 WHUS41 KPHI 312032 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 432 PM EDT Sun May 31 2026 NJZ026-010000- /O.EXT.KPHI.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-260601T0000Z/ Coastal Ocean- 432 PM EDT Sun May 31 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Ocean. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Always obey posted Beach Flags. If you enter the surf zone, always have a floatation device with you and swim near a lifeguard if possible. If caught in a rip current, relax and float and do not swim against the current. If able, swim parallel to the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DeSilva
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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.