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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 1, 20254 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Mar 1, 2025, 4:28 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2025, 4:28 PM EST (21:28 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2025, 9:00 PM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 31 counties

Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline 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, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset 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), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2025-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2025-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
2367 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

058 
WWUS71 KPHI 012128
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
428 PM EST Sat Mar 1 2025

DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ007-009-010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-070-071-101>106-020200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.250301T2128Z-250302T0200Z/
New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen
Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Warren-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 Cape May Court House, Long Beach Island,
Centreville, Kennett Square, Jim Thorpe, Morrisville, Freehold,
Somerville, Dover, Honey Brook, Doylestown, Millville, Sandy
Hook, Norristown, Bethlehem, Mount Holly, Easton, Chestertown,
Camden, Trenton, Georgetown, Jackson, Washington, Cherry Hill,
Philadelphia, Denton, Collegeville, Chalfont, Wharton State
Forest, Pennsville, Media, Pottstown, Lansdale, Oxford,
Wilmington, Moorestown, Rehoboth Beach, Hammonton, Ocean City,
New Brunswick, Flemington, Reading, Glassboro, Atlantic City,
West Chester, Allentown, Perkasie, and Stroudsburg
428 PM EST Sat Mar 1 2025

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of central, northern, and southern Delaware, 
  northeast Maryland, central, northern, northwest, and southern New 
  Jersey, and east central, northeast, and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...Until 9 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.

&&

$$

Fitzsimmons
1 follow-up statement
018 
WWUS71 KPHI 020146
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
846 PM EST Sat Mar 1 2025

DEZ001>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ007-009-010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-070-071-101>106-020300-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WI.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-250302T0200Z/
New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen
Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Warren-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 Cape May Court House, Long Beach Island,
Centreville, Kennett Square, Jim Thorpe, Morrisville, Freehold,
Somerville, Dover, Honey Brook, Doylestown, Millville, Sandy
Hook, Norristown, Bethlehem, Mount Holly, Easton, Chestertown,
Camden, Trenton, Georgetown, Jackson, Washington, Cherry Hill,
Philadelphia, Denton, Collegeville, Chalfont, Wharton State
Forest, Pennsville, Media, Pottstown, Lansdale, Oxford,
Wilmington, Moorestown, Rehoboth Beach, Hammonton, Ocean City,
New Brunswick, Flemington, Reading, Glassboro, Atlantic City,
West Chester, Allentown, Perkasie, and Stroudsburg
846 PM EST Sat Mar 1 2025

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

The threat has ended. Winds are diminishing below Wind Advisory 
thresholds.

$$

Fitzsimmons

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 3:13 AM ESTRed Flag WarningPHIKent, New Castle, Sussex17 hr
Mar 1, 12:56 AM ESTGale WarningPHI26 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.