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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 12, 2016, 2:19 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 13, 2016, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2016, 2:19 PM EST (19:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2016, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- 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 19:24 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
212 WWUS71 KPHI 121919 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 219 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-020-NJZ001-014-016>027-PAZ054-055-060- 061-070-071-101>106-131015- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.160213T1100Z-160213T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER- CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-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...DENTON... NEWTON...SANDY HOOK...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...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT... PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 219 PM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS, MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, ALL OF THE IMMEDIATE NEW JERSEY COAST, A LARGE PORTION OF MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE ADJACENT CHESAPEAKE BAY, AS WELL AS DELAWARE, ESPECIALLY FROM WILMINGTON SOUTHEAST TO LEWES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SCATTERED GUSTS 45 TO 55 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL PICK UP SUDDENLY NEAR DAWN SATURDAY AND MAY IMMEDIATELY GUST PAST 45 MPH. THERE APPEARS TO A GREATER CHANCE OF NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IF GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH OCCUR AS EXPECTED SATURDAY, THIS ADVISORY MAY EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ DRAG
3 follow-up statements
693 WWUS71 KPHI 130841 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 341 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 MDZ019-NJZ007>010-012-013-015-PAZ062-132300- /O.EXA.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.160213T1100Z-160213T2300Z/ TALBOT-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EASTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON... BETHLEHEM 341 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-020-NJZ001-014-016>027-PAZ054-055-060- 061-070-071-101>106-132300- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.160213T1100Z-160213T2300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER- CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-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...DENTON... NEWTON...SANDY HOOK...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...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT... PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 341 AM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS...MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...ALL OF THE IMMEDIATE NEW JERSEY COAST...A LARGE PORTION OF MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE ADJACENT CHESAPEAKE BAY...AS WELL AS DELAWARE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
209 WWUS71 KPHI 132059 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 359 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-070-071-101>106-132300- /O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160213T2300Z/ 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 359 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW BROKEN TREE LIMBS AND ASSOCIATED POWER OUTAGES. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
161 WWUS71 KPHI 132300 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 600 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054- 055-060>062-070-071-101>106-140000- /O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160213T2300Z/ 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 600 PM EST SAT FEB 13 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... WHILE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT, THE GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY LEVELS, AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 9:29 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 6 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:33 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 54 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:33 AM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory | PHI | 44 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:42 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | PHI | Sussex | 57 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:36 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 9 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:06 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | PHI | 42 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2016Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2016Every wind advisory 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.