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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 16, 2013Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 16, 2013, 3:26 PM EST for Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Ocean County, New Jersey. It took effect at Feb 17, 2013, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2013, 3:26 PM EST (20:26 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2013, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 18, 2013, 12:00 AM EST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2013-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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.

198 
WWUS71 KPHI 162026
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
326 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2013

...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER COASTAL NEW JERSEY SUNDAY IN THE WAKE
OF INTENSE OCEAN CYCLONE PASSING EAST OF NEW ENGLAND...

.SUSTAINED COLD NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY JUST OVER 30 MPH WITH
SCATTERED GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 

NJZ012>014-020-026-170930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.130217T1500Z-130218T0500Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND
326 PM EST SAT FEB 16 2013

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST
SUNDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...COASTAL NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST OCCASIONALLY JUST OVER 30 MPH WITH SCATTERED GUSTS
  UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...MOSTLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

* WIND CHILL...FALLING INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS AT NIGHT. 


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
3 follow-up statements
515 
WWUS71 KPHI 170902
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
402 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

NJZ012>014-020-026-172200-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.130217T1500Z-130218T0500Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND
402 AM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND
  THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHILE DRIVING ACROSS BRIDGES. LIGHT-WEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE
SECURED.

&&

$$
350 
WWUS71 KPHI 172046
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
346 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

NJZ012>014-020-026-180500-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130218T0500Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND
346 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

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

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

* TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE EVENING
  HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES AND WHILE DRIVING ACROSS BRIDGES. LIGHT-WEIGHT
OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD
BE SECURED.

&&

$$
359 
WWUS71 KPHI 180455
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1155 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

NJZ012>014-020-026-180600-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130218T0500Z/
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
JACKSON...LONG BEACH ISLAND
1155 PM EST SUN FEB 17 2013

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

A GUSTY NORTHWEST WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT,
WITH THE STRONGEST LINGERING GUSTS MAINLY CLOSER TO THE COAST.
SINCE THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO LOWER, THE ADVISORY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.

$$

GORSE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 9:43 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren6 hr
Feb 16, 4:07 AM ESTGale WarningPHI51 hr

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.