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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 6, 20094 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Oct 6, 2009, 3:19 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Oct 7, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2009, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 7, 2009, 7:54 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 25 counties

New Castle County, DE, Cecil 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-10-06Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2009-10-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 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 061919
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
319 PM EDT TUE OCT 6 2009

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-
071000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.091007T1400Z-091008T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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...ELKTON...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...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
319 PM EDT TUE OCT 6 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SWING AROUND TO WEST TO
NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. BY LATE MORNING WIND SPEEDS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MILES
AN HOUR. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

RPW
5 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 070758
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
358 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-
072100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.091007T1400Z-091008T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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...ELKTON...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...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
358 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME
GUSTY BEHIND THE FRONT, WITH WIND SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25
MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING BEFORE
DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

ROBERTSON
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 071445
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-
072100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091008T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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...ELKTON...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...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
1045 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

A WESTERLY WIND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL BE SUSTAINED 2O TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING,
ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN
GUSTS OF WIND, WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.
EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSSWINDS WHEN DRIVING ON
NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS.

&&

$$

ROBERTSON/GORSE
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 071457 CCA
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1057 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-
072115-
/O.COR.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091008T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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...ELKTON...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...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
1057 AM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

A WESTERLY WIND BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL BE SUSTAINED 20 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING,
ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN
GUSTS OF WIND, WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.
EXTRA ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSSWINDS WHEN DRIVING ON
NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS.

&&

$$

ROBERTSON/GORSE
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 071930
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
330 PM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-
080100-
/O.EXT.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091008T0100Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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...ELKTON...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...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
330 PM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

AT MID AFTERNOON WEST WINDS BEHIND THIS MORNING/S COLD FRONT WERE
20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH DARK...THEN DIMINISH THIS EVENING BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLACKEN OVERNIGHT, BUT WILL STILL
BE SOMEWHAT GUSTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST AND OVER HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS 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. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHEN
TRAVERSING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. BE ALERT TO SUDDEN GUSTS OF
WIND...WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. EXTRA
ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO CROSSWINDS WHEN DRIVING ON NORTH-
SOUTH ROADWAYS.

&&

$$
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 072354
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
754 PM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY CANCELED...


DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-
080100-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-091008T0100Z/
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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...ELKTON...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...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
754 PM EDT WED OCT 7 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELED THE
WIND ADVISORY. 

WINDS GUSTED BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON BUT HAVE
DIMINISHED OVER THE PAST HOUR. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. 


$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 3:35 AM EDTGale WatchPHI12 hr
Oct 6, 3:25 PM EDTGale WarningPHI31 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.