Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Sep 5, 2008, 11:56 AM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Sep 6, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2008, 11:56 AM EDT (15:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 6, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 051556 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1156 AM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008 PAZ054-055-060>062-060200- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0008.080906T1600Z-080907T0300Z/ CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1156 AM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 NOON TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 NOON TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM HANNA, MOVING UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD, WILL SPREAD A COMBINATION OF WIND AND RAIN INTO THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING, REACHING 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION, HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING. AS THE GROUND BECOMES SATURATED AND THE WINDS INCREASE, THE PROBABILITY OF DOWNED TREES WILL ALSO INCREASE. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO BE ALERT FOR LOCAL HIGHWAY FLOODING AND NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RPW
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 060139 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 939 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008 PAZ054-055-060>062-061200- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0008.080906T1600Z-080907T0300Z/ CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 939 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 11 PM EDT SATURDAY. TROPICAL STORM HANNA... MOVING UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD... WILL SPREAD A COMBINATION OF WIND AND RAIN INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. EASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SATURDAY MORNING... REACHING 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION... HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING. AS THE GROUND BECOMES SATURATED AND THE WINDS INCREASE...THE PROBABILITY OF DOWNED TREES WILL ALSO INCREASE. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO BE ALERT FOR LOCAL HIGHWAY FLOODING AND NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ OHARA
000 WWUS71 KPHI 060900 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 500 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 PAZ054-055-060>062-062100- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0008.080906T1600Z-080907T0300Z/ CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 500 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL BE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED EXPECTED TO THEN SLOWLY CURVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND MOVE THROUGH DELAWARE THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING ON ITS WAY TO COASTAL NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. SINCE THE STORM WILL BE MOVING BY SO CLOSE TO THE AREA, WE EXPECT WIND SWEPT RAINS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY FROM THE EAST TODAY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST TONIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE THAT STRONG, WE DO EXPECT STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE WILL BE WITHIN HEAVY RAIN BANDS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE GROUND WILL BECOME SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF DOWNED TREES. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO BE ALERT FOR LOCAL HIGHWAY FLOODING AND NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RNS
000 WWUS71 KPHI 060907 CCA NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 507 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 PAZ054-055-060>062-062115- /O.COR.KPHI.WI.Y.0008.080906T1600Z-080907T0300Z/ CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 507 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL BE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO THEN SLOWLY CURVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND MOVE THROUGH DELAWARE THIS AFTERNOON AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING ON ITS WAY TO COASTAL NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT. SINCE THE STORM WILL BE MOVING BY SO CLOSE TO THE AREA, WE EXPECT WIND SWEPT RAINS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL BE MOSTLY FROM THE EAST TODAY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO NORTH AND THEN NORTHWEST TONIGHT. EVEN THOUGH THE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE THAT STRONG, WE DO EXPECT STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE WILL BE WITHIN HEAVY RAIN BANDS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE GROUND WILL BECOME SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF DOWNED TREES. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO BE ALERT FOR LOCAL HIGHWAY FLOODING AND NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ RNS
000 WWUS71 KPHI 062028 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 428 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 PAZ054-055-060>062-070300- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-080907T0300Z/ CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 428 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING, PASSING THOUGH EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY BEFORE PUSHING OFFSHORE OVERNIGHT. THE STORM WILL THEN MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARD THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE TROPICAL STORM, THERE COULD BE SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH THE SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE THAT STRONG, WE DO EXPECT SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. THESE WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN BANDS THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE GROUND WILL BECOME SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN AS THE WINDS INCREASE AND THIS WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF DOWNED TREES. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO BE ALERT FOR LOCAL HIGHWAY FLOODING AND NEVER DRIVE INTO A FLOODED ROADWAY. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ ROBERTSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:44 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 34 hr |
Nearby
Wind 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.