Alert archive / New Jersey / High Wind Watches in 2013
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high wind watch at Jan 29, 2013, 2:54 PM EST for 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2013, 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2013, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 4:02 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
743 WWUS71 KPHI 291954 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 254 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...A POWERFUL COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA... NJZ013-014-020-022>027-301100- /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.A.0001.130130T2100Z-130131T0800Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON... HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 254 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, WHICH IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE AROUND MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES AND POWER LINES WOULD COME DOWN. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE TO SMALL OR COMPROMISED STRUCTURES WOULD OCCUR. MODERATE BEACH EROSION WOULD OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MPD
1 follow-up statement
174 WWUS71 KPHI 300902 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...A POWERFUL STORM DEVELOPING IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND IN PARTS OF OUR AREA TONIGHT... NJZ013-014-020-026-027-301715- /O.UPG.KPHI.HW.A.0001.130130T2100Z-130131T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0001.130131T0000Z-130131T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FG.Y.0004.130130T0902Z-130130T1300Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH ABOUT 8 AM FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 PM TONIGHT 4 AM TUESDAY...JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. STRONGEST DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY TEND TO OCCUR A FEW MILES INLAND...JUST AWAY FROM THE WATERS EDGE. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE TO SMALL OR COMPROMISED STRUCTURES COULD OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ NJZ016>019-301715- /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0001.130131T0000Z-130131T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FG.Y.0004.130130T0902Z-130130T1300Z/ SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 9 PM TONIGHT AND 3 AM TUESDAY...JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT CROSSING SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE TO SMALL OR COMPROMISED STRUCTURES COULD OCCUR. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH 8 AM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ NJZ022>025-301715- /O.UPG.KPHI.HW.A.0001.130130T2100Z-130131T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0001.130131T0000Z-130131T0900Z/ ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 PM TONIGHT 4 AM TUESDAY...JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT CROSSING COASTAL SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. STRONGEST DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY TEND TO OCCUR A FEW MILES INLAND...JUST AWAY FROM THE WATERS EDGE. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE TO SMALL OR COMPROMISED STRUCTURES COULD OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ DEZ002>004-NJZ021-301715- /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0001.130131T0000Z-130131T0900Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... MILLVILLE 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 AM EST THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 55 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 PM TONIGHT 4 AM TUESDAY...JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT CROSSING DELAWARE AND FAR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. STRONGEST DAMAGING WIND GUSTS MAY TEND TO OCCUR A FEW MILES INLAND...JUST AWAY FROM THE WATERS EDGE. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS EXPECTED. THIS WOULD RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE TO SMALL OR COMPROMISED STRUCTURES COULD OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ MDZ008-301715- /O.NEW.KPHI.FG.Y.0004.130130T0902Z-130130T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.130130T2100Z-130131T0700Z/ CECIL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ELKTON 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EST THURSDAY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH 8 AM. * WINDS AND TIMING...WARM SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO NEAR 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND POSSIBLY TO 50 OR 55 MPH NEAR A SQUALL LINE SOMETIME BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED FROM POCKETS OF BROKEN TREE LIMBS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106-301715- /O.NEW.KPHI.FG.Y.0004.130130T0902Z-130130T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.130130T2300Z-130131T0800Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER-CARBON- MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER... KENNET SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH 8 AM. * WINDS AND TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE SOMETIME BETWEEN 9 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT . * IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED FROM POCKETS OF BROKEN TREE LIMBS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. 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. && $$ DEZ001-301300- /O.NEW.KPHI.FG.Y.0004.130130T0902Z-130130T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WILMINGTON 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN DELAWARE. * VISIBILITIES...ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH 8 AM. * WINDS AND TIMING...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 45 AND 50 MPH NEAR AND JUST AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE SOMETIME BETWEEN 9 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED FROM POCKETS OF BROKEN TREE LIMBS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ MDZ012-015-019-020-301715- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.130130T2100Z-130131T0700Z/ KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON 402 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 2 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE. * WINDS...SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WARM SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL PROBABLY BE COMMON IN OR JUST AHEAD OF A SQUALL LINE SOME BETWEEN 9 PM AND 2 AM. * IMPACTS... 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. && $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:30 AM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 25 hr | |
| Jan 29, 2:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:07 PM EST | Storm Watch | PHI | 13 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in New Jersey, 2013Every high wind watch in 2013
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.