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Wind Advisory 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 16, 20064 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2006, 3:32 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2006, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2006, 7:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 23 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2006-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 214 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KPHI 162032
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
332 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006


DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ009-010-012>027-PAZ067>071-
170000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0012.061116T2032Z-061117T0000Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
332 PM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING OVER
DELAWARE, NORTHEAST MARYLAND, SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A COLD
FRONT EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA TO CENTRAL VIRGINIA
CROSSES THE REGION THIS EVENING.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

STAUBER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 4:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks3 hr
Nov 16, 5:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIChester3 hr
Nov 16, 5:03 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Monroe3 hr
Nov 16, 5:24 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton3 hr
Nov 16, 5:12 PM ESTCoastal Flood WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot11 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2006Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2006Wind Advisories in Delaware, 2006Every wind advisory 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.