Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2009, 3:08 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 3, 2009, 8:17 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2009, 3:08 PM EDT (19:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2009, 8:17 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2009, 7:48 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 19:10 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, 7.1 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
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 315 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KPHI 031908 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 308 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .DEEP, QUICK MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY A SURGE OF COOLER TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK. THE LOW WILL REACH EASTERN CANADA SATURDAY MORNING PROVIDING A FRESH NORTHWEST WIND. DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-040900- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.090404T0800Z-090405T0200Z/ 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 308 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS MAY BECOME GUSTY AROUND SUNUP ON SATURDAY, BUT THE STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME SATURDAY WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COULD GUST ANOTHER 5 TO 10 MPH HIGHER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SMALL TREES, AND POWER LINES CAN ALSO BE BROUGHT DOWN BY WINDS IN THIS RANGE. && $$ EBERWINE
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 040023 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 823 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .DEEP LOW PRESSURE MOVING BY TO THE NORTH AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE LOW WILL CAUSE GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-040900- /O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.090404T0017Z-090405T0200Z/ 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 823 PM EDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT SATURDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MPH. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL INCREASE A BIT MORE ON SATURDAY AND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED. WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COULD GUST UP TO 55 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 46 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SMALL TREES... AND POWER LINES CAN ALSO BE BROUGHT DOWN BY WINDS IN THIS RANGE. && $$ RNS
000 WWUS71 KPHI 040644 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 244 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...STRONG WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY, GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE... DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-042100- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090405T0200Z/ 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 244 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. DEEP LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL MAINTAIN GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY COULD GUST TO 50 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 46 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SMALL TREES... AND POWER LINES CAN ALSO BE BROUGHT DOWN BY WINDS IN THIS RANGE. && $$ RNS
000 WWUS71 KPHI 041908 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 308 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH... DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-050000- /O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ 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 308 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE IS WELL NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BUT A STRONG RETURN FLOW IS SWEEPING ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST DURING THE DAY TODAY AND THE WINDS WILL BEGIN RELAXING IN THE EVENING HOURS. THE HIGHEST WINDS TODAY TOPPED 50 MPH AT READING WITH MANY GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 48 MPH IN MANY OTHER LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH OR WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 46 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. SMALL TREES... AND POWER LINES CAN ALSO BE BROUGHT DOWN BY WINDS IN THIS RANGE. && $$ EBERWINE
000 WWUS71 KPHI 042348 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 748 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-067>071-050100- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-090405T0000Z/ 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 747 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR AND THIS WILL BE THE TREND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST AT 7 PM WAS AT PHILADELPHIA AND READING AIRPORTS WITH A GUST TO 39 MPH BUT THIS HAS COME DOWN AT THESE SITES. $$ EBERWINE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 5:06 AM EDT | Gale Watch | PHI | 10 hr | |
| Apr 3, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 27 min | |
| Apr 3, 2:54 PM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 29 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.