Alert archive / New Jersey / High Wind Watches in 2016
High Wind Watch 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this high wind watch at Apr 1, 2016, 4:08 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2016, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 3:58 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 34 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, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 594 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
778 WWUS71 KPHI 010808 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 408 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...STRONG WINDS LATER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-070-071-101>106-012100- /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.A.0002.160403T0400Z-160403T1600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER- WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER... KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 408 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH A RAPID INCREASE IN THE WINDS OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED. THIS MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$ GORSE
2 follow-up statements
678 WWUS71 KPHI 011941 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 341 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...STRONG WINDS LATER SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... MDZ008-PAZ101>103-021000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0001.160403T0800Z-160403T1400Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.HW.A.0002.160403T0400Z-160403T1600Z/ CECIL-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKTON...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD... WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN 341 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A RAPID INCREASE IN THE WINDS OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURE...AROUND 30 DEGREES SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED. THIS MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-070-071-104>106-021000- /O.CON.KPHI.HW.A.0002.160403T0400Z-160403T1600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON... NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND... WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 341 PM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH A RAPID INCREASE IN THE WINDS OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...TREES AND POWER LINES MAY BE DOWNED. THIS MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. 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. && $$
124 WWUS71 KPHI 020758 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 358 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... .LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TO OUR NORTHEAST TONIGHT, WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPING ACROSS OUR AREA. IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM, INTENSE WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE COMBINED WITH MUCH COLDER AIR SURGING INTO THE REGION WILL RESULT IN STRONG TO POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. MDZ008-PAZ101>103-022100- /O.UPG.KPHI.HW.A.0002.160403T0400Z-160403T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0002.160403T0400Z-160403T1600Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.A.0001.160403T0800Z-160403T1400Z/ CECIL-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELKTON...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD... WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN 358 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...A RAPID INCREASE IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING SUNDAY, WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE LOWER 30S EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES, POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO BUILDING STRUCTURES. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS DUE TO CROSS WINDS, AND ALSO ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE OR STORE AWAY ANY ITEMS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-070-071-104>106-022100- /O.UPG.KPHI.HW.A.0002.160403T0400Z-160403T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.HW.W.0002.160403T0400Z-160403T1600Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON- SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON... NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND... WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 358 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EDT SUNDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * TIMING...A RAPID INCREASE IN THE WINDS IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING SUNDAY, WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO DIMINISH QUICKLY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES, POTENTIALLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. SOME DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO BUILDING STRUCTURES. DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADS DUE TO CROSS WINDS, AND ALSO ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. SECURE OR STORE AWAY ANY ITEMS THAT COULD BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. && $$ GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 4:14 AM EDT | Storm Watch | PHI | 17 hr | |
| Apr 1, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 46 min | |
| Apr 1, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 10:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 44 min | |
| Apr 1, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Ocean | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 60 min |
| Apr 1, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Chester, Montgomery | 18 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 30 min |
| Apr 1, 9:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 24 min |
| Apr 1, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 8 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.