Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Dec 30, 2008, 3:50 AM EST for 7 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 30, 2008, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2008, 3:50 AM EST (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 30, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2008, 11:52 AM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 300850 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 350 AM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 NJZ001-007>010-012>014-PAZ054-055-061-062-301700- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0014.081230T0900Z-081230T1700Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 350 AM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. STRONG WINDS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN POCONOS THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...CAN BRING DOWN WEAK TREES AND UTILITY LINES...AND CAN BLOW ABOUT LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY THIS MORNING. $$ MPD
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KPHI 301652 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1152 AM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 NJZ001-007>010-012>014-PAZ054-055-061-062-301800- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-081230T1700Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1152 AM EST TUE DEC 30 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH GRADUALLY THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 4:04 AM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Dec 30, 3:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:40 PM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 23 hr | |
| Dec 30, 3:40 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | PHI | 38 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2008Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 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.