Alert archive / Pennsylvania / High Wind Warnings in 2006
High Wind Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high wind warning at Feb 17, 2006, 9:05 AM EST for Morris County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2006, 9:05 AM EST (14:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2006, 11:57 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Morris County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KPHI 171405 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 905 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-171800- /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0002.060217T1405Z-060217T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.060217T1800Z-060217T2300Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 905 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS JUST AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. THERE COULD EVEN BE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM AS THE FRONT MOVES BY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT AND WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE REGION. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM MELTED SNOW OF THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE WET GROUND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO SECURE ANY BELONGINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND MAY BECOME AIRBORNE IN THE STRONG WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS... OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE... FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$ DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>023-027- PAZ067>071-172215- /O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.060217T1405Z-060217T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN- CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 905 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AT MID MORNING WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE BIG STORY WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS JUST AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. THERE COULD EVEN BE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM AS THE FRONT MOVES BY. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT AND WILL BRING MUCH COLDER AIR TO THE REGION. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM MELTED SNOW OF THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE WET GROUND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO SECURE ANY BELONGINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND MAY BECOME AIRBORNE IN THE STRONG WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS... OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE... FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KPHI 171657 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1157 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-172300- /O.CAN.KPHI.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060217T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.060217T1657Z-060217T2300Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 1157 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. A WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM MELTED SNOW OF THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE WET GROUND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE A FEW DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO SECURE ANY BELONGINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND MAY BECOME AIRBORNE IN THE STRONG WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS... OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE...FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$ DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>023-027- PAZ067>071-172300- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-060217T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN- CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 1157 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT WAS ABOUT TO MOVE OFFSHORE AT MIDDAY. WEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES. THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM MELTED SNOW OF THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE WET GROUND COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE A FEW DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO SECURE ANY BELONGINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE AND MAY BECOME AIRBORNE IN THE STRONG WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE... FOR FURTHER UPDATES. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 9:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 73 min |
| Feb 17, 11:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 87 min |
| Feb 17, 11:30 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 90 min |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006High Wind Warnings in New Jersey, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006
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.