Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 12, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Dec 16, 2011, 5:20 AM EST for 4 counties in Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2011, 5:20 AM EST (10:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2011, 8:37 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 403 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WWUS71 KPHI 161020 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 520 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2011 NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-161400- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0012.111216T1020Z-111216T1400Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 520 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY IN SOUTHERN POCONOS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * HAZARDS...STRONG WIND GUSTS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREE BRANCHES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE STRONGLY AFFECTED. 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. && $$ HAYES
1 follow-up statement
713 WWUS71 KPHI 161337 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 837 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2011 NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-161445- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-111216T1400Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 837 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. STRONGEST SCATTERED GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TODAY. $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 1:17 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.