Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 16, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2012, 1:42 PM EST for Cape May County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2012, 1:42 PM EST (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2012, 6:50 PM EST
- In force
- 5 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 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
230 WWUS71 KPHI 271842 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 142 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ023-024-280000- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0016.121227T1842Z-121228T0000Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY 142 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION MAINLY ALONG THE DELAWARE BAY AND THE IMMEDIATE OCEAN SIDE OF SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE AND CAPE MAY COUNTY NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WEAK TREE LIMBS MIGHT BE KNOCKED DOWN. UNSECURED ITEMS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
545 WWUS71 KPHI 272350 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 650 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 DEZ003-004-NJZ023-024-280100- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY 650 PM EST THU DEC 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 7:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:10 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 11:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 3 days |
| Dec 27, 12:37 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 59 min |
| Dec 27, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 53 min |
| Dec 27, 7:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 5 hr |
| Dec 27, 1:46 PM EST | River Flood Warning | PHI | Burlington | 55 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:34 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Sussex | 78 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.