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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 15, 2011Sussex County, Delaware; Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Sep 15, 2011, 7:48 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware; Cape May County, New Jersey. It took effect at Sep 15, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2011, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 15, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 16, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 273 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
273 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

192 
WWUS71 KPHI 152348
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
748 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011

 
DEZ003-004-NJZ023-024-160400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.110916T0000Z-110916T0400Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY
748 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. 

* LOCATIONS...CAPE MAY COUNTY NEW JERSEY AND SUSSEX COUNTY
  DELAWARE, MAINLY NEAR DELAWARE BAY AND THE ATLANTIC COAST. 

* HAZARDS...WINDS WILL KNOCK DOWN WEAK TREES OR TREE LIMBS AND  
  MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MORE DIFFICULT.

* WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH.

* TIMING...IT IS ONGOING AND SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH AS THE 
  EVENING PROGRESSES. 

* IMPACTS...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. WATCH FOR DEBRIS
  IF DRIVING.  

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
678 
WWUS71 KPHI 160354
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1154 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011

DEZ003-004-NJZ023-024-160500-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110916T0400Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY
1154 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2011

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

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS. SINCE WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH 45
MPH...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Warren2 hr
Sep 14, 10:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon63 min
Sep 14, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren62 min
Sep 14, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex58 min
Sep 14, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex63 min
Sep 14, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex23 min
Sep 15, 6:50 AM EDTGale WarningPHI22 hr
Sep 15, 3:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic47 min
Sep 15, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI12 min
Sep 15, 3:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min
Sep 15, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI57 min
Sep 15, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic95 min

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.