Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Jan 9, 2008, 3:34 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 9, 2008, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2008, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 9, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2008, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 21 counties
New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris 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), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 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 090834 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 334 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071- 091900- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.080109T1300Z-080109T1900Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 334 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE TWO CHANCES FOR VERY STRONG WINDS TODAY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING IN THE OHIO VALLEY. THIS LINE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA INTO OUR AREA. BUT WINDS ABOVE THE GROUND ARE GOING TO BE QUITE STRONG AS THE SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 8 AM AND NOON. SOME OF THESE WINDS MIGHT MIX DOWN ESPECIALLY IF TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING RISE MORE THAN WHAT WE ARE FORECASTING. THE SECOND CHANCE FOR VERY STRONG WINDS WILL COME AS COOLER AIR STARTS WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE REGION LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. WHILE THE WINDS ABOVE THE GROUND WILL BE DECREASING, THE ABILITY FOR THE ATMOSPHERE TO OVERTURN AND MIX THESE WINDS DOWN WILL INCREASE. THIS IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. PEAK WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY TO REACH BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AND COULD KNOCK DOWN WEAK TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE WIDELY SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IF POSSIBLE DO NOT PARK VEHICLES IN LOCATIONS WHERE TREES OR LIMBS COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN. PLEASE SECURE TRASH CANS AND ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT CAN BE TOSSED AROUND EASILY BY THE WIND. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ GIGI
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KPHI 091855 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 155 PM EST WED JAN 9 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING... DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071- 092000- /O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080109T1900Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON... WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA 155 PM EST WED JAN 9 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED EAST OF OUR AREA AS A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO EASTERN CANADA THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT, THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER, THERE COULD BE A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH UNTIL ABOUT 3 PM ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AS A RESULT, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 PM. $$
Nearby
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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.