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Wind Advisory 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Nov 5, 2008, 3:01 PM EST for Sussex County, Delaware; Atlantic County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It took effect at Nov 5, 2008, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2008, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2008, 2:30 AM EST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 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 052001 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 301 PM EST WED NOV 5 2008 DEZ004-NJZ024-025-060500- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0011.081105T2100Z-081106T0500Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REHOBOTH BEACH...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY 301 PM EST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST WILL CREATE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE COASTS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. WIND SPEEDS OF 2O TO 3O MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT. RESIDENTS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE ANY OBJECTS THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHEN TRAVELING THIS EVENING. $$ NIERENBERG
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 060338 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1038 PM EST WED NOV 5 2008 DEZ004-NJZ024-025-061100- /O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081106T1100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REHOBOTH BEACH...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY 1038 PM EST WED NOV 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST WAS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST WILL CREATE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FOR THE COASTS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. WIND SPEEDS OF 2O TO 3O MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. RESIDENTS IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO SECURE ANY OBJECTS THAT COULD BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG WINDS. DRIVERS OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHEN TRAVELING THIS EVENING. $$
000 WWUS71 KPHI 060730 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 230 AM EST THU NOV 6 2008 DEZ004-NJZ024-025-060830- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081106T1100Z/ DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REHOBOTH BEACH...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY 230 AM EST THU NOV 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. HOWEVER, IT WILL STILL BE WINDY TODAY WITH GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 35 MPH. $$ RNS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 3:00 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 27 hr | |
| Nov 5, 2:08 PM EST | Storm Warning | PHI | 13 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2008Wind Advisories in Delaware, 2008Every wind advisory in 2008
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.