Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Advisories in 2009

Wind Advisory 14, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 19, 20094 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Dec 19, 2009, 2:57 AM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 19, 2009, 2:57 AM EST (07:57 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2009, 8:10 PM EST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-12-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2009-12-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KPHI 190757
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
257 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE WINTER STORM INTO TONIGHT...

DEZ002>004-NJZ014-023>026-192030-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0014.091219T0757Z-091220T1200Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
SANDY HOOK...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND
257 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY. 

AS THE WINTER STORM PROGRESSES NORTHEAST AND PASSES BY THE
DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS, STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH. AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM
THIS EVENING, SOME WINDS MAY GUSTS TO 50 MPH ON THE COAST.

THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

RNS
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 191540
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1040 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE WINTER STORM INTO
TONIGHT...

DEZ002>004-NJZ014-023>026-200000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091220T1200Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
SANDY HOOK...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND
1040 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY. 

AS THE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO DEEPEN AND PROGRESSES TO THE
NORTHEAST IT WILL PASS ALONG THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS...
STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS AROUND 45
MPH. AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM THIS EVENING... SOME WINDS MAY GUST TO
50 MPH ALONG THE COAST.

THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

RNS/HEAVENER
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 192211
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
511 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE WINTER STORM THROUGH
TONIGHT...

DEZ002>004-NJZ014-023>026-200615-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091220T1200Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
SANDY HOOK...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND
511 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY. 

A DEEPENING OFFSHORE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO RIDE
TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THIS SYSTEM
WILL PASS OFFSHORE OF THE DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY COASTS. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTHEAST AND MAY INCREASE
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH INLAND AND POSSIBLY REACHING 50 MPH ALONG
THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL MAKE FOR
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

HEAVENER
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 200110
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
810 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

DEZ002>004-NJZ014-023>026-200215-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-091220T1200Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
SANDY HOOK...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND
810 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NOREASTER IS MOVING EAST AWAY FROM THE REGION AND THE THREAT
FOR WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH HAS ENDED. THEREFORE THE WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH SHOULD
OCCUR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. 

$$


TFG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 19, 4:30 AM ESTStorm WarningPHI17 hr
Dec 19, 2:55 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more11 hr
Dec 19, 4:18 PM ESTGale WarningPHI24 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.