Gusty west winds in the wake of the departing low pressure system that brought a wintry mix to the state on the 27th knocked down a pine tree along the Delaware coast. The toppled tree caused a one hour power outage when it fell onto power lines along the Middlesex Beach and South Bethany border on Pine Street.
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The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
Gusty west winds in the wake of the departing low pressure system that brought a wintry mix to the state on the 27th knocked down a pine tree along the Delaware coast. The toppled tree caused a one hour power outage when it fell onto power lines along the Middlesex Beach and South Bethany border on Pine Street. The peak recorded wind gust at the New Castle County Airport was 37 mph.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 28, 5:15 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 515 AM EST WED JAN 28 2004 UPPER LOW OVR NORTHWESTERN PA WILL MOVE EAST TODAY. THE AXIS ITSELF MOVES EAST OF THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE LIGHT SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING ACROSS 2/3RDS OF THE CWA, THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWER/FLURRY ACTIVITY WILL BE LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHEN LAPSE RATES INCREASE TO THEIR HIGHEST LEVELS. FORECAST SOUNDINGS GO ADIABATIC TODAY BY LATE MORNING. THIS WILL TAP INTO A GOOD NORTHWEST FLOW. HAVE INCREASED THE WINDS UP TO 30 MPH. STRONGER GUSTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION PER THE ETA BUFKIT. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING BEFORE PICKING UP ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. A QUICK SHOT OF H5 RIDGING TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD HELP TO SCOUR OUT SOME CLOUDS, BUT NOT ALL. FOR THURSDAY, A DECENT S/W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOP OF US, TOO FAR NORTH TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION. AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER S/W WILL BE DROPPING OUT OF THE CANADIAN PLAINS AND INTO THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY DAYS END. THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN CONSECUTIVELY PROGGED FURTHER SOUTH THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS. THIS HAS BEEN RESULTING IN LESS QPF FOR THE FRIDAY PERIOD, BUT ALSO COLDER TEMPS. LITTLE IF ANY PROGGED WAA ACROSS THE REGION AT THIS TIME, BUT WITH THE S/W FORECAST TO MOVE OVERHEAD, HAVE LEFT THE SMALL POPS. SHOULD GET BREEZY ONCE AGAIN AFTER ITS PASSAGE. MODELS OFFER A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS FOR THE MONDAY SYSTEM. THE 00Z GFS RUN WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH ITS PREDECESSOR. THE ECMWF WAS CLOSE TO THIS SOLUTION. THE UKMET DISPLAYED DIFFERENCES OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WHICH HAD SOME DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS. THIS WAS THE ODD MODEL OUT. THE CANADIAN ALSO DEPICTED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE GFS, BUT WAS NOT AS DEEP. IT APPEARS NCEP ENS MEMBERS FAVOR SOMETHING FOR THE EAST COAST EARLY IN THE WEEK, BUT MIGHT BE A TAD SLOWER THAN THE OPERATIONAL GFS. .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MPO 22 12 19 8 / 60 20 10 30 ABE 26 15 29 9 / 50 20 10 30 RDG 27 14 30 9 / 50 20 10 30 PHL 31 21 32 17 / 20 10 10 30 12N 22 11 21 7 / 60 10 10 30 SMQ 27 18 30 14 / 30 10 10 30 TTN 29 20 31 15 / 30 10 10 30 MIV 31 20 33 16 / 10 10 10 30 N55 33 26 36 22 / 10 10 10 30 ACY 31 20 34 16 / 10 10 10 30 ILG 32 20 32 16 / 20 10 10 30 DOV 33 21 34 17 / 10 10 10 30 GED 33 21 37 19 / 10 10 10 30 .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE/OCEAN...GALE WARNING MARINE/DEL BAY...GALE WARNING KRUZDLO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 600 AM EST WED JAN 28 2004 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-281300- ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ- CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA- COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA- DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ- INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ- MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNES MD- SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD- WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- 600 AM EST WED JAN 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AND NEW JERSEY EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...TODAY GALES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST AND LOWER DELAWARE BAY THROUGH TONIGHT. FOR THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY, GALES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY ONLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A WEAK CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM COULD AFFECT THE REGION ON FRIDAY WITH RAIN OR SNOW. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR A COASTAL SYSTEM EARLY NEXT WORK WEEK. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KRUZDLO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 123 AM EST WED JAN 28 2004 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-281700- ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ- CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA- COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA- DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ- INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ- MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNES MD- SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD- WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- 123 AM EST WED JAN 28 2004 ...SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS ARE LIKELY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... SNOW AND ICE FROM YESTERDAYS STORM HAS LEFT MANY ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS QUITE SLIPPERY. IN MANY AREAS FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COVERED THE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AND THEN SNOW FELL ON TOP OF THE ICE. WHERE THIS HAPPENED...TRAVEL IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN WHEN ONLY SNOW HAS FALLEN. AREAS WHERE TRACTION SEEMS OK CAN TURN EXTREMELY SLIPPERY QUITE RAPIDLY WHEN YOUR VEHICLE HITS THE ICY SURFACES UNDERNEATH THE SNOW COVER. UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL HAVE THE WORSE CONDITIONS...BUT EVEN TREATED SURFACES CAN HAVE SLIPPERY AREAS. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD BE CAREFUL UNTIL THE SNOW AND ICE MELT. AREAS THAT MAY SEEM SAFE CAN TURN SLIPPERY QUITE RAPIDLY. RNS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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