Alert archive / New Jersey / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this winter storm warning at Feb 6, 2010, 4:17 PM EST for 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2010, 4:17 PM EST (21:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2010, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 123 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 601 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793 WWUS41 KPHI 062117 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 417 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ020>027-070000- /O.CAN.KPHI.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-100207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WS.W.0004.100206T2117Z-100207T0000Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...JACKSON... MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 417 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST BY 600 PM EST...AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NO LONGER ARE EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 28 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BULK OF THE AREA. A NORTHEAST TO NORTH WIND WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH INLAND AND 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG THE COAST WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ013-014-016>019-PAZ067-070-071-062230- /O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100207T0000Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...FREEHOLD... SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...WEST CHESTER...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 417 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY IF YOU VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. $$
2 follow-up statements
210 WWUS41 KPHI 062200 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 500 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 MDZ012-015-019-020-062300- /O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100207T0000Z/ KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON 500 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT... WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI. PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY IF YOU VENTURE OUT TONIGHT. $$ DEZ002>004-NJZ020>027-070000- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100207T0000Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND... WHARTON STATE FOREST 500 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST WAS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST BY 600 PM EST. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 28 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE BULK OF THE AREA. A NORTHEAST TO NORTH WIND WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH INLAND AND 35 TO 45 MPH ALONG THE COAST WILL CREATE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WIND AND SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$
708 WWUS41 KPHI 070002 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 702 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 DEZ002>004-NJZ020>027-070115- /O.EXP.KPHI.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100207T0000Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND... WHARTON STATE FOREST 702 PM EST SAT FEB 6 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW WAS ENDING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN CAPE MAY COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE...AND WILL EXIT THESE AREAS BY 8:00 PM. NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. $$
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in New Jersey, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in Delaware, 2010Every winter storm warning 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.