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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 18, 20114 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high wind warning at Feb 18, 2011, 9:06 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 19, 2011, 3:10 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2011, 9:06 PM EST (02:06 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2011, 3:10 AM EST
Expired
Feb 19, 2011, 7:26 PM EST
In force
16 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 02:06 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 19, 12:00 PM ESTNON-TSTM WND DMGCinnaminson, NJLARGE DOWNED TREE DAMAGED A HOME. TIME ESTIMATED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 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 00:00Z on 2011-02-19Temperature 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2011-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
2937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
84 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

191 
WWUS71 KPHI 190206
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
906 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-191100-
/O.UPG.KPHI.HW.A.0001.110219T1000Z-110220T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0001.110219T1000Z-110220T0200Z/
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
906 PM EST FRI FEB 18 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 9 PM EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING. IT IS
IN EFFECT FROM 500 AM UNTIL 900 PM SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
  MARYLAND, DELAWARE, MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF NEW
  JERSEY.

* HAZARDS...GUSTY TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON
  SATURDAY. NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY LINES WILL BE KNOCKED
  DOWN. A FEW WEAK TREES MAY ALSO FALL.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
  MPH.

* TIMING...THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
  BETWEEN 10 AM AND 5 PM ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER, A BRIEF PERIOD OF
  GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MPH IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. DOWNED TREES
  AND TREE LIMBS COULD DAMAGE STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES. THE WINDS
  WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES,
  ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58
MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

IOVINO
3 follow-up statements
286 
WWUS71 KPHI 190810
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
310 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-192200-
/O.EXT.KPHI.HW.W.0001.110219T0810Z-110220T0200Z/
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 AM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
  MARYLAND, DELAWARE, EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARDS...LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
  MPH.

* TIMING...THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. DOWNED TREES
  AND TREE LIMBS MAY DAMAGE STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES. THE WIND WILL
  MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$

IOVINO
405 
WWUS71 KPHI 191830
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
130 PM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-200200-
/O.CON.KPHI.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110220T0200Z/
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
130 PM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS
EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
  MARYLAND... DELAWARE... EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARDS...LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS
  AROUND 50 MPH AND HIGHEST GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

* TIMING...THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO 
  CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.
 
* IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. DOWNED TREES
  AND TREE LIMBS MAY DAMAGE STRUCTURES AND VEHICLES. THE WIND WILL
  MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS
EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

&&

$$
084 
WWUS71 KPHI 200026
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
726 PM EST SAT FEB 19 2011
 
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-200500-
/O.CAN.KPHI.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110220T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.110220T0026Z-110220T0500Z/
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
726 PM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. THE
HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

* LOCATIONS...THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
  MARYLAND...DELAWARE...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH OF NEW
  JERSEY.

* HAZARDS...ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
  EVENING.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
  MPH. A DOWNWARD TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING.

* TIMING...THE HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WITH THIS EVENT HAVE
  OCCURRED DURING THE DAY WHEN NUMEROUS GUSTS OF BETWEEN 50 AND 60
  MPH. FOR THIS EVENING GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 

* IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. DOWNED TREE
  LIMBS MAY CAUSE DAMAGE. THE WIND WILL MAKE DRIVING
  DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED.

&&

$$

TFG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 9:15 PM ESTStorm WarningPHI22 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in New Jersey, 2011High Wind Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011High Wind Warnings in Maryland, 2011Every high wind warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.