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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Dec 20, 2012, 9:11 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 21, 2012, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2012, 9:11 PM EST (02:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2012, 2:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2012, 9:06 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 24 counties
Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline 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, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 300 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WWUS71 KPHI 210211 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 911 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 DEZ001>004-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ001-008-010-012>014-016-020>027- 211400- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.121221T0700Z-121221T1400Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-SUSSEX-MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEWTON... MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK... PENNSVILLE...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 911 PM EST THU DEC 20 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS...3 AM TO 8 AM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRING DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS ALONG WITH POWER LINES. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD PROVE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES AND AREA BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE, HOLIDAY DECORATIONS, AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ HEAVENER
4 follow-up statements
522 WWUS71 KPHI 211022 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 522 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 MDZ015-019-020-211130- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON 522 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE WEST AND WILL REMAIN GUSTY TODAY BUT NOT AS STRONG AS OVERNIGHT. $$ NJZ015-017>019-PAZ070-071-104-106-211400- /O.EXA.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ MERCER-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 522 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...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. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS...5 AM TO 8 AM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRING DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS ALONG WITH POWER LINES. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD PROVE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES AND AREA BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ DEZ001>004-NJZ001-008-010-012>014-016-020>027-211400- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-SUSSEX-MORRIS- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-OCEAN- CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...NEWTON...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...PENNSVILLE...JACKSON... MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 522 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS...5 AM TO 8 AM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRING DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS ALONG WITH POWER LINES. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD PROVE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES AND AREA BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
578 WWUS71 KPHI 211150 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 650 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 DEZ001>004-NJZ016>018-021-023-024-PAZ070-071-104-106-211300- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-SALEM-GLOUCESTER- CAMDEN-CUMBERLAND-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MILLVILLE...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 650 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY BUT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS OVERNIGHT. $$ NJZ001-008-010-012>015-019-020-022-025>027-211400- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ SUSSEX-MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 650 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE MID-MORNING HOURS...7 AM TO 9 AM. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRING DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS ALONG WITH POWER LINES. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD PROVE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES AND AREA BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
987 WWUS71 KPHI 211329 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 829 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 NJZ015-019-022-027-211430- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ MERCER-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST 829 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY, WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE TODAY...WHICH IS LESS THAN WIND ADVISORY LEVELS. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NJZ001-008-010-012>014-020-025-026-211430- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ SUSSEX-MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND 829 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOW AND 9 AM ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BRING DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS ALONG WITH POWER LINES. DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD PROVE DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY ON OVERPASSES AND AREA BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE... HOLIDAY DECORATIONS... AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
868 WWUS71 KPHI 211406 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 906 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 NJZ001-008-010-012>014-020-026-211515- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ SUSSEX-MORRIS-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...MORRISTOWN...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON... LONG BEACH ISLAND 906 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH IS BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$ NJZ025-211515- /O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121221T1400Z/ COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ATLANTIC CITY 906 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH IS BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 9:00 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:27 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 11 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:44 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 14 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:39 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:15 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monroe, Northampton | 15 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:49 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Philadelphia | 11 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Delaware | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 9:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Bucks | 10 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:08 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 5 hr |
| Dec 21, 3:16 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 21, 6:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 15 hr |
| Dec 21, 1:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:45 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Morris, Passaic | 35 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:33 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:10 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 5 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 8:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | New Castle | 3 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2012Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2012Wind Advisories in Delaware, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.