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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 12, 2006Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2006, 3:06 AM EST for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Maryland. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2006, 3:06 AM EST (08:06 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2006, 1:00 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 303 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 120806
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
306 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2006

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ021>023-121800-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.060212T0806Z-060212T1800Z/
KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE
306 AM EST SUN FEB 12 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

AS THE LOW PRESSURE THAT IS MOVING UP THE ATLANTIC COAST CONTINUES
TO INTENSIFY, WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SOUTHERN DELAWARE, SOUTHERN
MARYLAND, AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE OUT OF
THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH, AND SHIFT TOWARD THE NORTH AND THEN
NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES FARTHER TO THE
NORTHEAST. THE WIND COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH OR
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

AS THIS LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE NEW ENGLAND COAST THIS
AFTERNOON AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES, THE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...OR LOCAL MEDIA
OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST UPDATES.

$$

ROBERTSON

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS71 KPHI 121745
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1245 PM EST SUN FEB 12 2006

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ021>023-121845-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060212T1800Z/
KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE
1245 PM EST SUN FEB 12 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

BY 12:45 PM, WIND SPEEDS HAD DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH IN
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.
AS A RESULT, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1:00
PM.

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 3:06 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	PHI	Sussex	10 hr

Nearby

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