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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 17, 20124 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Sep 17, 2012, 2:54 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Sep 18, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2012, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 18, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2012, 9:01 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 31 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent 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, 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 radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-09-17Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2012-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 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.

997 
WWUS71 KPHI 171854
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
254 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2012

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT...

.A COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST IS FORECAST TO PASS THROUGH EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND, DELAWARE AND NEW JERSEY ON
TUESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND IS ANTICIPATED IN
ADVANCE OF THE FRONT'S ARRIVAL.

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-181000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.120918T1600Z-120919T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...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...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
254 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT EDT
TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT.

* WINDS...A SOUTH WIND AT 20 TO 25 MPH ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  BECOMING SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST.

* TIMING...WIND SPEEDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE ON TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON WITH THE STRONG WIND EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TUESDAY
  EVENING. WIND SPEEDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO DIMINISH LATE ON TUESDAY
  NIGHT, FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY
  LINES. OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS
  WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT. THE WIND MAY ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT,
  ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE OPERATING A
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO
FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED.

&&

$$

IOVINO
3 follow-up statements
711 
WWUS71 KPHI 180814
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
414 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-182200-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.120918T1600Z-120919T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...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...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
414 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT
EDT TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND UTILITY
  LINES. OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS
  WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT. THE WIND MAY ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...
  ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE OPERATING
A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS
PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED.

&&

$$
165 
WWUS71 KPHI 181944
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
344 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-190400-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120919T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...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...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
344 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. WINDS
  WILL DIMINISH AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. 

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND WILL BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS, WEAK
  ROOTED TREES AND UTILITY LINES. THIS WILL BE EXACERBATED BY THE
  HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL LOOSEN THE SOIL. OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS
  PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS WILL BE BLOWN ABOUT. THE WIND
  MAY ALSO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ON
  ELEVATED ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING... ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE OPERATING
A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS
PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED.

WHERE POSSIBLE, DO NOT PARK YOUR VEHICLE UNDERNEATH TREES.

&&

$$

TFG
115 
WWUS71 KPHI 190101
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
901 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-190215-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120919T0400Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...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...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
901 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY.

THE GUSTIEST WINDS HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE. THEREFORE, WE HAVE
CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY.

WINDS MAY CONTINUE TO GUST AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE REST
OF THIS EVENING BUT WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY LEVELS.

$$

MEOLA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 17, 5:23 AM EDTGale WatchPHI10 hr
Sep 17, 3:12 PM EDTGale WarningPHI33 hr
Sep 17, 6:48 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI9 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2012Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2012Wind Advisories in Maryland, 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.