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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 10, 20118 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Mar 10, 2011, 5:17 PM EST for 8 counties in New Jersey; Delaware County, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2011, 5:17 PM EST (22:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2011, 10:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 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.

326 
WWUS71 KPHI 102217
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
517 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

DEZ001>004-NJZ013-014-016-017-020>027-PAZ070-071-110300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.110310T2217Z-110311T0300Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
517 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...MAINLY WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE COAST IN NEW JERSEY
  AND DELAWARE...INCLUSIVE OF PHILADELPHIA...WILMINGTON AND
  ATLANTIC CITY.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* TIMING...IN PROGRESS WITH THE WORST OF THE WIND EXPECTED BETWEEN 6
  PM AND 9 PM.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE LIMBS WILL BREAK. THE 45 MPH SOUTHEAST
  GUSTS WILL FORCE A FEW TREES TO MORE EASILY FALL IN THE SOFTER
  NEAR SATURATED GROUND. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED.


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.

&&

$$

DRAG
1 follow-up statement
635 
WWUS71 KPHI 110245
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
945 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

DEZ001>004-NJZ013-014-016-017-020>027-PAZ070-071-110345-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110311T0300Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-WESTERN MONMOUTH-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
945 PM EST THU MAR 10 2011

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
EVEN THOUGH THE ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM, HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING
ACROSS THE REGION COULD STILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRIEF GUSTY WINDS
TO NEAR 40 MPH. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION SINCE IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE
STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AT NIGHT.

$$

RPW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 2:10 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester5 hr
Mar 10, 3:20 AM ESTGale WarningPHI22 hr
Mar 10, 7:28 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 8 more6 hr
Mar 10, 1:17 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 5 more5 hr
Mar 10, 3:02 PM ESTCoastal Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem17 hr
Mar 10, 4:36 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren37 hr
Mar 10, 4:55 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHIChester17 hr
Mar 10, 10:33 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningPHINew Castle4 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2011Wind Advisories in Delaware, 2011Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 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.