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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 14, 20064 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Mar 14, 2006, 3:48 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Mar 15, 2006, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2006, 3:48 PM EST (20:48 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2006, 8:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 15, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 31 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, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2006-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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 142048
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
348 PM EST TUE MAR 14 2006
 
DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-
027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-151100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.060315T1300Z-060315T2300Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA
348 PM EST TUE MAR 14 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS EASTERN CANADA 
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 
OVER THE LOWER GREAT PLAINS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN 
APPALACHIANS. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE DIFFERENCE IN AIR PRESSURE, OR 
PRESSURE GRADIENT, WILL INCREASE OVER OUR AREA AND LEAD TO ANOTHER 
DAY OF GUSTY WINDS.
 
WITH THIS INCREASE IN PRESSURE GRADIENT EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY, WINDS 
WILL EVEN STRONGER THAN WHAT THE REGION EXPERIENCED DURING THE 
DAYLIGHT HOURS ON TUESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE 
SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND PERSIST TO AROUND SUNSET. SUSTAINED WIND 
SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH THE
HIGHEST GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH.
 
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 
TO 39 MPH OR PEAK GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
PROFILE VEHICLES UTILIZING NORTH OR SOUTHBOUND ROUTES WHERE 
CROSSWINDS WILL BE THE MOST INTENSE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

THE STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS IN THE
40 TO 50 MPH RANGE, ALTHOUGH NOT SEVERE, IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING
DOWN TREE LIMBS AS WELL AS A FEW WEAK OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES.
PLEASE SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS THAT MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE
WINDS.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA 
SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

$$

KRUZDLO/GIGI
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 150210
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
910 PM EST TUE MAR 14 2006

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-
027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-151115-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.060315T1300Z-060315T2300Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA
910 PM EST TUE MAR 14 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EST WEDNESDAY. 

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS EASTERN CANADA 
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED 
OVER THE LOWER GREAT PLAINS WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHERN 
APPALACHIANS. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE DIFFERENCE IN AIR PRESSURE, OR 
PRESSURE GRADIENT, WILL INCREASE OVER OUR AREA AND LEAD TO ANOTHER 
DAY OF GUSTY WINDS.
 
WITH THIS INCREASE IN PRESSURE GRADIENT EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY, WINDS 
WILL BE EVEN STRONGER THAN WHAT THE REGION EXPERIENCED DURING THE 
DAYLIGHT HOURS ON TUESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE 
SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND PERSIST TO AROUND SUNSET. SUSTAINED WIND 
SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH THE
HIGHEST GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH.
 
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 
TO 39 MPH OR PEAK GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
PROFILE VEHICLES UTILIZING NORTH OR SOUTHBOUND ROUTES WHERE 
CROSSWINDS WILL BE THE MOST INTENSE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

THE STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS IN THE
40 TO 50 MPH RANGE, ALTHOUGH NOT SEVERE, IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING
DOWN TREE LIMBS AS WELL AS A FEW WEAK OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES.
PLEASE SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS THAT MAY BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE
WINDS.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA 
SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

$$

KRUZDLO/GIGI
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 150900
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-
027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-152300-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.060315T1300Z-060315T2300Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA
400 AM EST WED MAR 15 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON. 

STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA WILL CONTINUE TODAY 
INTO THURSDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, HIGH PRESSURE FROM SOUTH CENTRAL 
CANADA DOWN THROUGH THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL EDGE EASTWARD. OUR 
REGION WILL EXIST BETWEEN THESE TWO PRESSURE FEATURES TODAY INTO 
THURSDAY. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT AGAIN TODAY.

WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND 
PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET, DIMINISHING SOMEWHAT IN THE EVENING.  
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE 
WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH.
 
A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 31 
TO 39 MPH OR PEAK GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 46 AND 57 MPH. 
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH 
PROFILE VEHICLES UTILIZING NORTH OR SOUTHBOUND ROUTES WHERE 
CROSSWINDS WILL BE THE MOST INTENSE. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 

THE STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WIND GUSTS IN THE
40 TO 50 MPH RANGE, ALTHOUGH NOT SEVERE, IS CAPABLE OF BRINGING
DOWN TREE LIMBS AS WELL AS A FEW WEAK OR SHALLOW-ROOTED TREES.
PLEASE SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS THAT MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE WINDS.
 
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA 
SOURCE FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

$$
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 152309
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
609 PM EST WED MAR 15 2006

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-
027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-160015-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-060315T2300Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...
MEDIA
609 PM EST WED MAR 15 2006

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NEW JERSEY HAS
ALLOWED THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE. WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO
BE SOMEWHAT GUSTY THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY
AND THE SOUTHERN POCONOS, BUT REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

$$

KRUZDLO

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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.