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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 19, 20114 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 19, 2011, 7:26 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2011, 7:26 PM EST (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2011, 12:00 AM EST
In force
5 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 00:26 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 00:00Z, 0.4 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 2011-02-20Temperature 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 2011-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
2663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 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.

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
1 follow-up statement
191 
WWUS71 KPHI 200455
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1155 PM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-200600-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-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
1155 PM EST SAT FEB 19 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

WHILE IT WILL REMAIN WINDY OVERNIGHT, WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE TO DECREASE GRADUALLY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. AS A RESULT, THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE
AT MIDNIGHT.

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 7:27 PM ESTGale WarningPHI13 hr
Feb 20, 12:55 AM ESTLow Water AdvisoryPHI7 hr
Feb 20, 3:32 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset and 2 more31 hr
Feb 20, 8:52 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI6 hr
Feb 20, 3:35 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI50 hr
Feb 20, 4:12 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe18 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2011Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2011Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2011Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.