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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 2, 20104 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Jan 2, 2010, 10:45 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 2, 2010, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2010, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 3, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
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 15:43 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2010-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2010-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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.

953 
WWUS71 KPHI 021545
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1045 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010

...WINDS WILL BE GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-030100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.100103T0000Z-100104T0000Z/
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
1045 AM EST SAT JAN 2 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST
SUNDAY. 

A MASSIVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TODAY AND TONIGHT. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL ALLOW NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH, WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH, TO USHER INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO EFFECT THE
REGION SUNDAY MORNING.

ANY FALLING SNOW MAY CAUSE A DECREASE IN VISIBILITIES SO PLEASE
ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING.

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.

&&

$$

HEAVENER
4 follow-up statements
138 
WWUS71 KPHI 022010
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 PM EST SAT JAN 2 2010

...WINDS WILL BE GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-031300-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.100103T0000Z-100104T0000Z/
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
310 PM EST SAT JAN 2 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST SUNDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM
EST SUNDAY. 

A MASSIVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WILL
CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT PULLS TO THE NORTHEAST. THE ENSUING TIGHTENING
PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL GENERATE SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20
AND 30 MPH... WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO EFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING.

ANY FALLING SNOW MAY CAUSE A DECREASE IN VISIBILITIES SO PLEASE
ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING.

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.

&&

$$

HEAVENER
735 
WWUS71 KPHI 030904
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
404 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

...WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-040000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100104T0000Z/
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
404 AM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BACK TOWARD BOSTON TODAY
BEFORE MOVING FARTHER OFFSHORE AGAIN TONIGHT. THE TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT WILL GENERATE SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 35 MPH...
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH.

WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL KNOCK DOWN WEAK TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND
TOSS AROUND UNSECURED HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AS WELL AS TRASH AND
RECYLCING CANS. SOME WIDELY SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IN
ADDITION, THE ARCTIC AIR MASS IS QUITE COLD AND WIND CHILL FACTORS
THIS MORNING WILL AVERAGE CLOSE TO ZERO. PLEASE DRESS
APPROPRIATELY.

ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA ANY FALLING
SNOW MAY CAUSE A DECREASE IN VISIBILITIES SO PLEASE BE WARY WHEN
DRIVING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.

&&

$$

GIGI
527 
WWUS71 KPHI 031925
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
225 PM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

...WINDS WILL BE GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-040000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100104T0000Z/
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
225 PM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

THE LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TO THE NORTHEAST WITH
THE GRADIENT RELAXING OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HOWEVER, WE CAN
EXPECT GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH UNTIL AROUND 7 PM. 

THE WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND
40 MPH UP UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT THEN FURTHER DIMINISHING THEREAFTER.

WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL KNOCK DOWN WEAK TREES AND TREE LIMBS AND
TOSS AROUND UNSECURED HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AS WELL AS TRASH AND
RECYLCING CANS. SOME WIDELY SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL OCCUR.
PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IN
ADDITION... THE ARCTIC AIR MASS IS QUITE COLD AND THE WIND CHILL
FACTOR OVERNIGHT WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND EVEN BELOW IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PLEASE DRESS APPROPRIATELY.

ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA ANY FALLING
SNOW MAY CAUSE A DECREASE IN VISIBILITIES SO PLEASE BE WARY WHEN
DRIVING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TODAY. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
250 
WWUS71 KPHI 040007
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
707 PM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS
EXPIRED...

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-040115-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-100104T0000Z/
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
707 PM EST SUN JAN 3 2010

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY GUST TO 40 MPH EARLY,
OTHERWISE THE WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH. THERE WILL BE
SOME OCCASIONAL SNOW SQUALLS EARLY THIS EVENING AND THE WIND
CHILLS WILL CONTINUE DROP OVERNIGHT INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
EVEN BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. 

$$

EBERWINE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 2:38 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe19 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2010Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2010Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2010Every wind advisory in 2010

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.