Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Nov 23, 2013, 6:21 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2013, 6:21 PM EST (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1029 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 89 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
456 WWUS71 KPHI 232321 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 621 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-240900- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.131123T2321Z-131124T1800Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 621 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS INCLUSIVE OF MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SCATTERED GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. SUSTAINED WINDS MAY AVERAGE 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR...ESPECIALLY FROM DAWN INTO MIDDAY SUNDAY. * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INITIALLY ACCOMPANY A BATCH OF SNOW SHOWERS WITH THE STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. THEN LATER ON TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD FREQUENTLY GUST TO 40 MPH WITH SCATTERED GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY INTO THE POCONOS. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BE DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON THE HIGH TERRAIN AND MAY ALSO CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES IF TREE LIMBS BREAK AND KNOCK DOWN SOME WIRES. * IMPROVEMENT...WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH EITHER SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR MORE LIKELY SUNDAY 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. && $$ DRAG
3 follow-up statements
463 WWUS71 KPHI 240246 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 946 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-241100- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-131124T1800Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 946 PM EST SAT NOV 23 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS INCLUSIVE OF MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AS WELL SUSSEX COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE NIGHT WITH STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING WHEN GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH SHOULD BE FAIRLY COMMON...ESPECIALLY THE HIGH TERRAIN OF NORTHWEST SUSSEX COUNTY AND IN THE POCONOS. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY BE DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON THE HIGH TERRAIN AND MAY ALSO CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES IF TREE LIMBS BREAK AND KNOCK DOWN SOME WIRES. * IMPROVEMENT...WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY DIMINISH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
795 WWUS71 KPHI 240906 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 406 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-241800- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-131124T1800Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 406 AM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN, AND MAY ALSO CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES IF TREE LIMBS BREAK AND KNOCK DOWN SOME WIRES. 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 HAVE BEEN SECURED. && $$
069 WWUS71 KPHI 241811 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 111 PM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-241915- /O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-131124T1800Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 111 PM EST SUN NOV 24 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TOP OUT AROUND 45 MPH. CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE WINDS ARE GUSTING IN THE 35 TO 40 MPH RANGE. ALTHOUGH THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE, WIND CHILL VALUES ARE STILL IN A DANGEROUS TERRITORY. LATEST OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE ZERO TO TEN ABOVE RANGE. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME 10 MPH OR LESS TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES AREN'T EXPECTED TO GET ANY HIGHER THAN THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON. $$ KRUZDLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 3:43 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery and 2 more | 26 hr |
| Nov 23, 5:23 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 52 min |
| Nov 23, 6:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton | 48 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.