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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 8, 2013Sussex County, Delaware; Atlantic County, Burlington County, Cape May County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 8, 2013, 3:34 AM EST for Sussex County, Delaware; Atlantic County, Burlington County, Cape May County, New Jersey. It took effect at Feb 8, 2013, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2013, 3:34 AM EST (08:34 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 9, 2013, 3:39 AM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:34 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2013-02-08Temperature 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2013-02-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 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.

788 
WWUS71 KPHI 080835
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

DEZ003-004-NJZ022>025-027-082215-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.130208T1800Z-130209T1000Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
334 AM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
EST SATURDAY.

* WINDS...NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON
  THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE
  LIMBS...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
907 
WWUS71 KPHI 082014
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
314 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

DEZ003-004-NJZ022>025-027-091000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130209T1000Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
314 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE
  EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE 
  LIMBS...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$
487 
WWUS71 KPHI 090228
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
928 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

DEZ003-004-NJZ022>025-027-091000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130209T1000Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
928 PM EST FRI FEB 8 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TOWARD MORNING.
 
* IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS THIS STRONG COULD RESULT IN DOWNED TREE 
  LIMBS...WHICH IN TURN COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$
113 
WWUS71 KPHI 090839
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
339 AM EST SAT FEB 9 2013

DEZ003-004-NJZ022>025-027-090945-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-130209T1000Z/
INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH...
HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
WHARTON STATE FOREST
339 AM EST SAT FEB 9 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS WILL GUST AROUND 40 TO 45 MPH FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS THIS
MORNING, BUT WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

$$

ROBERTSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 3:58 AM ESTCoastal Flood WarningPHIKent, Sussex26 hr
Feb 8, 11:08 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex4 hr
Feb 8, 1:06 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean4 hr
Feb 8, 1:35 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more4 hr
Feb 8, 3:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren2 hr
Feb 8, 5:17 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset118 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.