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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 5, 20204 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Jan 5, 2020, 7:38 AM EST for 4 counties in New Jersey; Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2020, 7:38 AM EST (12:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 5, 2020, 12:00 PM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-01-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2020-01-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
77 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

713 
WWUS71 KPHI 051238
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
738 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051700-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.200105T1238Z-200105T1700Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Including the cities of Rehoboth Beach, Sandy Hook, Ocean City, 
Atlantic City, and Long Beach Island
738 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up 45 to 50 mph.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Eastern Monmouth, Atlantic Coastal Cape 
  May, Coastal Atlantic and Coastal Ocean. In Delaware, Delaware 
  Beaches.

* WHEN...Until noon EST today.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
518 
WWUS71 KPHI 051654
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1154 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020

DEZ004-NJZ014-024>026-051800-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-200105T1700Z/
Delaware Beaches-Eastern Monmouth-Atlantic Coastal Cape May-
Coastal Atlantic-Coastal Ocean-
Including the cities of Rehoboth Beach, Sandy Hook, Ocean City, 
Atlantic City, and Long Beach Island
1154 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST TODAY...

Winds are gradually diminishing in the advisory area, and the
advisory will be allowed to expire. However, gusts to 40mph will
remain possible for the next couple of hours.

$$

JEO

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 12:21 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI9 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2020Wind Advisories in Delaware, 2020Every wind advisory in 2020

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.