Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2009, 2:50 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 12, 2009, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2009, 2:50 PM EST (19:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2009, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2009, 3:30 AM EST
- In force
- 4 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 19:55 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 111950 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 250 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-121000- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.090212T0500Z-090213T0300Z/ 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 250 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM EST THURSDAY. A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE PLAINS INTO SOUTHERN CANADA TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL CROSS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION ON THURSDAY, THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN BETWEEN THIS LOW AND BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE WEST. GUSTY WEST WIND WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT. THE WIND COULD GUST TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WITH EVEN HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. A FURTHER INCREASE IN WIND SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY GUSTS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME TO SECURE ANY OBJECTS, SUCH AS TRASH CANS, THAT CAN BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG WINDS. $$ NIERENBERG
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS71 KPHI 120830 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 330 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-130000- /O.UPG.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090213T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0001.090212T0830Z-090213T0000Z/ 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 330 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WIND WILL OCCUR TODAY IN THE WAKE OF LAST NIGHTS COLD FRONT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR TODAY. COASTAL AREAS NEAR THE OCEAN AND BAYS, AS WELL AS AREAS OF HIGHER TERRAIN, WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO GET THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS. THE TIME OF STRONGEST WINDS IS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THIS EVENING, BUT IT WILL STILL BE WINDY TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH, OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE, CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION. PLEASE TAKE THIS TIME TO SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS HOME DECORATIONS OR GARBAGE CANS... THAT CAN BECOME AIRBORNE IN STRONG WINDS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:54 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 50 hr | |
| Feb 11, 3:01 PM EST | Low Water Advisory | PHI | 48 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2009Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2009Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009
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.