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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 27, 201216 counties in New Jersey; 7 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Jan 27, 2012, 2:15 PM EST for 16 counties in New Jersey; 7 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2012, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jan 27, 2012, 8:10 PM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 24 counties

New Castle County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon 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, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2012-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2012-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
304 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.

661 
WWUS71 KPHI 271915
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
215 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-280200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.120127T1915Z-120128T0200Z/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
215 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, AND NEW CASTLE
  COUNTY IN DELAWARE.

* HAZARDS...STRONG WINDS

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND
  POSSIBLY SOME WEAKER TREES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL,
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 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.

&&

$$

ROBERTSON
1 follow-up statement
330 
WWUS71 KPHI 280110
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
810 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

DEZ001-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-280215-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120128T0200Z/
NEW CASTLE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...
MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...
SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...
CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
810 PM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT,
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY.

$$

IOVINO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 4:54 AM ESTGale WarningPHI20 hr
Jan 27, 8:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem93 min
Jan 27, 9:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI82 min
Jan 27, 10:27 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jan 27, 10:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester, Salem29 min
Jan 27, 11:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean54 min
Jan 27, 9:34 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle56 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.