Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2012, 1:32 AM EST for Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2012, 1:32 AM EST (06:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
002 WWUS71 KPHI 180632 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 132 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-181200- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.120118T0632Z-120118T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 132 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 700 AM. * IMPACTS....STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY SOME WEAKER TREES WHICH MAY TAKE DOWN SOME POWER LINES, RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
972 WWUS71 KPHI 180819 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 319 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-181200- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 319 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY. * HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 700 AM. * IMPACTS....STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POSSIBLY SOME WEAKER TREES WHICH MAY TAKE DOWN SOME POWER LINES... RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINDS WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
658 WWUS71 KPHI 181203 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 703 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-181315- /O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120118T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 703 AM EST WED JAN 18 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS MAY GUST TO 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS MORNING...AND BECAUSE OF THIS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 11:27 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 9 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2012Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 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.