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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 13, 20258 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Feb 13, 2025, 4:35 PM EST for 8 counties in Pennsylvania; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2025, 4:35 PM EST (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2025, 10:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2025-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 482 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
91 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
532 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

295 
WWUS71 KPHI 132135
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
435 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025

PAZ054-055-140300-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.250213T2135Z-250214T0300Z/
Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Jim Thorpe and Stroudsburg
435 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Carbon and Monroe Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Hoeflich
2 follow-up statements
667 
WWUS71 KPHI 132309
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
609 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025

DEZ001-PAZ060>062-101>103-105-140300-
/O.EXA.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-250214T0300Z/
New Castle-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Western Chester-Eastern
Chester-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Allentown, Oxford, Reading, West Chester,
Collegeville, Wilmington, Chalfont, Kennett Square, Pottstown,
Honey Brook, Perkasie, Bethlehem, and Easton
609 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds around 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...In Delaware, New Castle County. In Pennsylvania, Berks, 
  Lehigh, Northampton, Eastern Chester, Upper Bucks, Western 
  Chester, and Western Montgomery Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

PAZ054-055-140300-
/O.CON.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-250214T0300Z/
Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Jim Thorpe and Stroudsburg
609 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds around 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Carbon and Monroe Counties.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EST this evening.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

Hoeflich
021 
WWUS71 KPHI 140254
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
954 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025

DEZ001-PAZ054-055-060>062-101>103-105-140400-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-250214T0300Z/
New Castle-Carbon-Monroe-Berks-Lehigh-Northampton-Western Chester-
Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Including the cities of Jim Thorpe, Oxford, Reading, West
Chester, Stroudsburg, Collegeville, Bethlehem, Wilmington,
Chalfont, Kennett Square, Pottstown, Honey Brook, Perkasie,
Allentown, and Easton
954 PM EST Thu Feb 13 2025

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

Winds have decreased, thus the Wind Advisory will be allowed to 
expire. Gusts up to 40 MPH are possible through the rest of the 
night.

$$

Hoeflich

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 9:23 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware, Philadelphia3 hr

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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.