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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 4, 2015Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Jan 4, 2015, 3:31 PM EST for Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Jan 4, 2015, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2015, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 4, 2015, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 5, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 2015-01-04Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2015-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 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
1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 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.

951 
WWUS71 KPHI 042031
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-050600-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.150105T0100Z-150105T0600Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REHOBOTH BEACH...SANDY HOOK...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND
331 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST
MONDAY.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE
  STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING ALONG AND JUST BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL
  PASSAGE. IN ADDITION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY
  THE FRONT. 

* IMPACTS...THE WINDY CONDITIONS COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. IN
  ADDITION... ANY OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS... AND
  DECORATIONS... SHOULD BE SECURED AS THEY CAN BE PICKED UP IN THE
  GUSTY WINDS. 

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.

&&

$$

MEOLA
1 follow-up statement
812 
WWUS71 KPHI 050608
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
108 AM EST MON JAN 5 2015

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-050715-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T0600Z/
DELAWARE BEACHES-EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REHOBOTH BEACH...SANDY HOOK...
OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND
108 AM EST MON JAN 5 2015

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THERE COULD STILL BE SOME GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE EARLY THIS
MORNING BEFORE A DECREASE IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING.

$$

HEAVENER

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.