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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 16, 2007Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware; 5 counties in Maryland; Cape May County, Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2007, 7:41 PM EDT for Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware; 5 counties in Maryland; Cape May County, Cumberland County, Salem County, New Jersey. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2007, 7:41 PM EDT (23:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2007, 11:55 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

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, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2007-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 162341
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
741 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021-023-024-170400-
/O.CAN.KPHI.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070417T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0006.070416T2341Z-070417T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...MILLVILLE...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY
741 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

STRONG BUT SLOWLY WEAKENING LOW PRESSURE OVER LONG ISLAND EARLY 
THIS EVENING WILL MEANDER EASTWARD VERY SLOWLY THROUGH TONIGHT
AND INTO TUESDAY. 

SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OCCASIONALLY IN EXCESS
OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL
DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT.

THE VERY WET GROUND WILL MAKE SHALLOW ROOTED TREES SUSCEPTIBLE TO
TOPPLING. ANY WEAK TREE LIMBS OR FALLING TREES MAY CAUSE SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES. WINDS THIS STRONG ALSO CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

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

$$

NJZ017>019-022-025-027-PAZ060-061-067>071-170045-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070417T0000Z/
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-ATLANTIC-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-CHESTER-
MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
741 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 35 MPH...THEN WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH
SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. 

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 170355
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1155 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007


DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021-023-024-170500-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070417T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...MILLVILLE...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY
1155 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

THE DEEP LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN LONG ISLAND BUT IS
SLOWLY WEAKENING. AS A RESULT THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BY ABOUT
10 TO 15 MPH OVER LAND.

GALE WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE DELAWARE BAY AND COASTAL WATERS.


$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 3:23 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex16 hr
Apr 16, 3:05 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean9 hr
Apr 16, 3:22 PM EDTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester4 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2007Wind Advisories in Delaware, 2007Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

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.