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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Dec 9, 2009, 12:00 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2009, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2009, 8:52 PM EST
- In force
- 27 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 17:02 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, 5.0 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
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 887 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1306 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 091700 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1200 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-100200- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.091209T2300Z-091210T2300Z/ 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 1200 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST THURSDAY. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE NORTH WILL CAUSE A COLD FRONT TO CROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. THE GROUND IS VERY WET FROM EARLIER RAINS, SO THE POSSIBILITY OF TREES A FEW TREES TOPPLING IS GREATER THAN WITH DRY GROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH AND/OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SECURE ANY LOOSE OBJECTS THAT ARE OUTDOORS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 092057 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 357 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS OUR AREA THIS EVENING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AND TURN RATHER GUSTY TONIGHT. DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-100930- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.091209T2300Z-091210T2300Z/ 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 357 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THURSDAY. A WEST OR SOUTHWEST SUSTAINED WIND WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH TONIGHT, AND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL, THEREFORE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME TREES TOPPLING OVER IS GREATER THAN WITH DRY GROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES, POWER LINES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA, KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ACROSS ELEVATED STRUCTURES SUCH AS BRIDGES. && $$ GORSE
000 WWUS71 KPHI 100647 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 147 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-102300- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-091210T2300Z/ 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 147 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. BLUSTERY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE STRONGEST OF THE WINDS SHOULD BE OBSERVED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY ALSO OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED FROM THE RECENT RAINFALL...THEREFORE THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME TREES TOPPLING OVER IS GREATER THAN WITH DRY GROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES... POWER LINES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA... KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL... ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ACROSS ELEVATED STRUCTURES SUCH AS BRIDGES. && $$ RNS
000 WWUS71 KPHI 102000 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 300 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WELL TO OUR NORTH AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY, WILL ALLOW GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-110930- /O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ 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 300 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT, WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THE RATHER SATURATED GROUND SHOULD TEND TO LEAD TO AN INCREASED POSSIBILITY OF SOME TREES TOPPLING OVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH AND/OR WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREES, POWER LINES AND WEAKER STRUCTURES. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THROUGH THE ADVISORY AREA, KEEP A FIRM GRIP ON THE WHEEL, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS AND ACROSS ELEVATED STRUCTURES SUCH AS BRIDGES. && $$
000 WWUS71 KPHI 110152 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 852 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-110300- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-091211T1100Z/ 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 852 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE NOT EXPECTED, THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 5:04 AM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 9 hr |
| Dec 9, 6:53 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 8 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:08 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 8 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:26 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | New Castle | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Sussex | 6 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:29 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 8 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:02 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 4 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 8 hr |
| Dec 9, 9:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Warren | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:35 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 31 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 16 hr |
| Dec 9, 7:47 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 12 hr |
| Dec 9, 8:25 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:19 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 13 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Montgomery | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Berks | 4 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.