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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Dec 21, 2008, 2:08 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 21, 2008, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2008, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2008, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 21 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 19:12 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 107 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 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 211908 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 208 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-221000- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.081221T2100Z-081222T1800Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 208 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST MONDAY. THE DOUBLE BARREL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS AROUND THE AREA WILL MERGE INTO ONE NEAR EASTERN MAINE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY ON ITS WAY THROUGH THE CANADIAN MARITIMES ON MONDAY. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT AND PROBABLY REACH THEIR PEAK DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY ON MONDAY. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS REACHING AROUND 45 MPH. THESE WIND SPEEDS SHOULD KNOCK DOWN SOME WEAK TREES, TREE LIMBS AND WIRES. THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE UNDER PRESSURE FROM SEPARATE FORCES. FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR AND NORTHWESTWARD THERE IS STILL ICE ON SOME TREES. THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO BE SNAPPED. FARTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST, PRECIPITATION TOTALS SO FAR THIS MONTH HAVE AVERAGED TWICE THE NORMAL DECEMBER AMOUNT ALREADY. THE SUPERSATURATED SOIL WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE KNOCKED DOWN. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND, THIS AIR MASS WILL BE THE COLDEST ONE OF THE SEASON SO FAR. WIND CHILL FACTORS COME MONDAY MORNING WILL AVERAGE AROUND ZERO WITH READINGS WELL BELOW ZERO OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PLEASE DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND MUCH TIME OUTDOORS. BE PREPARED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ALSO IF POSSIBLE DO NOT PARK VEHICLES UNDER TREES THAT ARE ENCASED IN ICE OR ARE SHALLOW ROOTED SUCH AS WILLOWS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON NORTH TO SOUTH OVERPASSES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS WILL DIMINISH MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES FARTHER AWAY. $$ STAUBER/GIGI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 220840 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 340 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-221800- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 340 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM. LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES ACROSS CANADAS ATLANTIC PROVINCES TODAY. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH PEAK GUSTS REACHING AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH GRADUALLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN WEAK TREES, TREE LIMBS AND WIRES. THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE UNDER PRESSURE FROM SEPARATE FORCES. FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR NORTHWESTWARD, THERE IS STILL ICE ON SOME TREES, MAKING THEM EASIER TO SNAP. TO THE SOUTHEAST, PRECIPITATION TOTALS SO FAR THIS MONTH HAVE AVERAGED TWICE THE NORMAL AMOUNT. THE SUPERSATURATED SOIL WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE KNOCKED DOWN. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND, THIS AIR MASS WILL BE THE COLDEST ONE OF THE SEASON, SO FAR. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL AVERAGE AROUND ZERO THIS MORNING, WITH READINGS WELL BELOW ZERO IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. PLEASE DRESS APPROPRIATELY IF YOU HAVE TO SPEND MUCH TIME OUTDOORS. BE PREPARED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. ALSO, IF POSSIBLE, DO NOT PARK VEHICLE UNDER TREES THAT ARE ENCASED IN ICE OR ARE SHALLOW ROOTED, SUCH AS WILLOWS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING MAY BECOME DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CARE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON MONDAY NIGHT, AS THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM OUR REGION. $$
000 WWUS71 KPHI 221757 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1257 PM EST MON DEC 22 2008 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-221900- /O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER... NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 1257 PM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. RECENT OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT WINDS HAVE STARTED TO SUBSIDE. WITH THE GUSTY WINDS STARTING TO DECREASE, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1PM. $$ HEAVENER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2:07 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 23 hr |
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.