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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2015, 5:25 PM EST for 5 counties in Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Feb 12, 2015, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2015, 5:25 PM EST (22:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
025 WWUS71 KPHI 122225 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 525 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-130600- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.150212T2300Z-150213T0600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON 525 PM EST THU FEB 12 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES. SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ JRK
1 follow-up statement
214 WWUS71 KPHI 130555 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1255 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-130700- /O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150213T0600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON 1255 AM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CRITERIA OVERNIGHT, SO THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IT WILL REMAIN GUSTY WITH WIND GUSTS 30-40 MPH POSSIBLE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 3:54 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 32 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:30 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 8 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.