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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 18, 2012Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-01-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2012-01-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 379 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 11:27 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI9 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.