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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this rip current statement at Jun 30, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT for Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It took effect at Jul 1, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2026, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -329 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
058 WHUS41 KPHI 302010 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 410 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026 NJZ024-025-010930- /O.NEW.KPHI.RP.S.0007.260701T1200Z-260702T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 410 PM EDT Tue Jun 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Atlantic Coastal Cape May and Coastal Atlantic. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Wednesday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
290 WHUS41 KPHI 010809 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 409 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 NJZ024-025-012200- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0007.260701T1200Z-260702T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 409 AM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Atlantic Coastal Cape May and Coastal Atlantic. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Always obey posted Beach Flags. If you enter the surf zone, always have a floatation device with you and swim near a lifeguard if possible. If caught in a rip current, relax and float and do not swim against the current. If able, swim parallel to the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ Staarmann
138 WHUS41 KPHI 011920 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 320 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 NJZ024-025-020000- /O.CON.KPHI.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260702T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 320 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Atlantic Coastal Cape May and Coastal Atlantic. * 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. && $$ Guzzo
337 WHUS41 KPHI 012336 CFWPHI Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 736 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 NJZ024-025-020045- /O.EXP.KPHI.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-260702T0000Z/ Atlantic Coastal Cape May-Coastal Atlantic- 736 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... The HIGH risk for the development of dangerous and life threatening rip currents is ending. Only go in the water at beaches where lifeguards are present. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2:44 AM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 5 days |
| Jun 30, 2:47 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 21 hr |
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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.