Alert archive / New Jersey / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Apr 3, 2016, 11:34 AM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2016, 11:34 AM EDT (15:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 3:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 28 counties
New Castle County, DE, Cecil 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
673 WWUS71 KPHI 031534 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1134 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071- 101>106-032000- /O.CAN.KPHI.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160403T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.160403T1534Z-160403T2000Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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...ELKTON...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...EASTON...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...CHALFONT... PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 1134 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST GUSTS AND GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS SHOULD OCCUR IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE GRADUALLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES... ESPECIALLY TREES THAT ARE ALREADY FLOWERING AND LEAFING OUT... MAY POTENTIALLY RESULT 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 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. && $$ DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-031645- /O.CAN.KPHI.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160403T1600Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON 1134 AM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED THIS MORNING BELOW WARNING AND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE GRADUALLY THIS AFTERNOON. $$
1 follow-up statement
792 WWUS71 KPHI 031940 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 340 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-101>104-106-040900- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160403T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0002.160405T0500Z-160405T1400Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-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-DELAWARE- PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...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... MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER... KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 340 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * FREEZE IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN THE BRIEF SUB FREEZING COLD THAT OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS SUNDAY MORNING. LOWS SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S WITH WIND CHILL DOWN INTO THE TEENS. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE START BLOOMING PREMATURELY DUE TO THE NEAR RECORD WARMTH OF MARCH. * FREEZE OUTLOOK...SLIGHTLY COLDER SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT WITH MUCH LESS WIND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-105-032045- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160403T2000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-UPPER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...CHALFONT...PERKASIE 340 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. $$ DEZ002-MDZ012-015-040900- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0002.160405T0500Z-160405T1400Z/ KENT-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE 340 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...PORTIONS OF MARYLANDS EAST CENTRAL UPPER SHORE AND CENTRAL DELAWARE. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE STARTED BLOOMING PREMATURELY DUE TO THE NEAR RECORD WARMTH IN MARCH. * FREEZE OUTLOOK...EVEN COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH LESS WIND ARE ANTICIPATED FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LOW TEMPERATURES WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES OF 30. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 88 min |
| Apr 2, 10:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 88 min | |
| Apr 2, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Apr 2, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:08 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 22 min |
| Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Union | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 12:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 52 min | |
| Apr 3, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| Apr 3, 12:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 21 min |
| Apr 3, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 14 min |
| Apr 3, 12:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 8 min |
| Apr 3, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 33 min | |
| Apr 3, 5:45 AM EDT | Low Water Advisory | PHI | 9 hr | |
| Apr 3, 11:37 AM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 4 hr | |
| Apr 3, 3:07 PM EDT | Low Water Advisory | PHI | 113 min | |
| Apr 3, 3:40 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT | Gale Watch | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Apr 3, 3:54 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 5 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.