Alert archive / New Jersey / High Wind Watches in 2016
High Wind Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high wind watch at Jan 21, 2016, 10:56 AM EST for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Ocean County, New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Jan 23, 2016, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 10:56 AM EST (15:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 23, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2016, 3:38 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
914 WWUS71 KPHI 211556 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1056 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST... DEZ003-004-NJZ023>026-220500- /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.A.0001.160123T0500Z-160124T0500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND 1056 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND WET SNOWFALL COULD LEAD TO TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ FRANCK
2 follow-up statements
001 WWUS71 KPHI 212334 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 634 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS ALONG THE COAST... DEZ003-004-NJZ023>026-221000- /O.CON.KPHI.HW.A.0001.160123T0500Z-160124T0500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND 634 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND WET SNOWFALL COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. ALSO, THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTY DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
237 WWUS71 KPHI 220838 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 338 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO PASS OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AND OUT TO SEA OVER THE WEEKEND. NJZ026-220945- /O.CAN.KPHI.HW.A.0001.160123T0500Z-160124T0500Z/ COASTAL OCEAN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG BEACH ISLAND 338 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WATCH FOR COASTAL OCEAN COUNTY. IT IS TO BE REPLACED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING. $$ DEZ003-004-NJZ023>025-222200- /O.UPG.KPHI.HW.A.0001.160123T0500Z-160124T0500Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0001.160123T0500Z-160124T0500Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY 338 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON SATURDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND WET SNOWFALL MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES. ALSO, THE STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OPERATING A LARGE VEHICLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS THAT A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:37 AM EST | Blizzard Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:50 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 6 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:53 PM EST | Storm Warning | PHI | 53 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Watches in New Jersey, 2016High Wind Watches in Delaware, 2016Every high wind watch in 2016
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.