Gusty northwest winds behind a departing low pressure system caused strong winds across Sussex County on the 29th. The wind snapped a utility pole on Delaware State Route 24 near the Beacon Middle School between Marshtown and Midway.
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Gusty northwest winds behind a departing low pressure system caused strong winds across Sussex County on the 29th. The wind snapped a utility pole on Delaware State Route 24 near the Beacon Middle School between Marshtown and Midway. A utility pole on the same road was struck on the 25th by a vehicle. The pole may have been stressed by that accident and then snapped on the 29th. Power was lost around the area at 1130 a.m. EDT and was restored at 240 p.m. EDT. Delaware State Route 24 was closed while repairs were made. The peak wind gust on the 29th in Georgetown was 35 mph. The strong winds were caused by the pressure difference between a departing low pressure system east of New Jersey and a high pressure system moving to the east from the central Mississippi Valley.
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 Apr 29, 3:30 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 430 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE, LOCATED OVER CENTRAL LONG ISLAND EARLY THIS MORNING, WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THE LOW SHOULD REACH THE COAST OF MAINE THIS EVENING BEFORE MOVING UP INTO QUEBEC TONIGHT. MEANWHILE, HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL BUILD TO THE EAST. THE HIGH SHOULD PASS OFF THE EAST COAST ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER OR NEAR OUR REGION FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, AND IT MAY BEGIN TO PUSH BACK TO THE SOUTH OVER THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... LOW PRESSURE WAS CENTERED OVER CENTRAL LONG ISLAND AT 400 AM, AND THE COLD FRONT WAS WELL OFF THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. THE MAIN BATCH OF RAIN WAS WELL OFF OUR COAST AND UP IN NEW ENGLAND. THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING UP FROM THE CHESAPEAKE BAY REGION. AN UPPER LOW WAS LOCATED OVER OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING AND ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE ROTATING AROUND IT. THE UPPER LOW WILL DRIFT TO THE EAST TODAY. THE MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT IT WILL BECOME AN OPEN WAVE THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOME REMNANT VORTEX WILL HOLD TOGETHER THROUGH THE DAY AND IT SHOULD PASS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR FORECAST AREA AROUND MIDDAY. UNTIL THAT TIME WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE CLOUDS ALONG WITH SCATTERED TO ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA. WHILE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WITH COLD AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, WE WILL SIMPLY MENTION SHOWERS AT THIS POINT. ONCE THE REMNANTS OF THE UPPER LOW PASS OFF THE COAST, WE ARE EXPECTING A DIMINISHING CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER FOR THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE SURFACE LOW PULLS AWAY TO OUR NORTHEAST AND INTENSIFIES TODAY, A NORTHWEST BREEZE WILL DEVELOP, WITH SPEEDS MAINLY IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE. TODAYS HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/... CHILLY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. FOR TONIGHT, WE ARE EXPECTING A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY ALONG WITH A DECREASING WIND. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT THINKING THAT THE WIND WILL FULLY DECOUPLE. THEREFORE, EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD DROP INTO THE 30S AT MANY LOCATIONS, WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING WIDESPREAD FROST AND NO ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED. NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE INCLUDED PATCHY FROST FOR SHELTERED AREAS IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY FOR LATE TONIGHT. WITH THE COOLEST AIR PASSING OVER OUR REGION ON WEDNESDAY, DAYTIME HIGHS SHOULD NOT GET MUCH ABOVE 60 DEGREES, EVEN WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. AS THE SURFACE RIDGE PASSES TO OUR EAST, WARM ADVECTION WILL SET UP RATHER QUICKLY ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AS WARM AIR BUILDS OVERHEAD AND AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO STALL OVER OR NEAR OUR REGION ON THURSDAY. AS A RESULT, WE WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STALLED OVER OR NEAR OUR REGION FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, KEEPING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS THROUGH THAT PERIOD. DRY AIR MAY BEGIN TO PUSH DOWN FROM THE NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND, CAUSING THE BOUNDARY TO SINK TO THE SOUTH. FOR NOW, WELL LEAVE THE CHANCE POPS IN FOR THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER, THE DRY AIR MAY BE ABLE TO PUSH THE BOUNDARY FAR ENOUGH TO THE SOUTH TO ALLOW US TO EVENTUALLY REMOVE SOME OF THE POPS FROM THE FORECASTS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTH SHOULD TAKE AN EVEN FIRMER HOLD ON OUR REGION FOR MONDAY. && .AVIATION /09Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AS THE RAIN HAS STOPPED AND THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT IT WAS MOVING SLOWLY AWAY FROM THE REGION. MOST LOCATIONS ARE VFR, BUT THERE IS STILL SOME LINGERING MVFR OR EVEN IFR IN A FEW PLACES. CAN NOT RULE OUT SOME FOG FORMING EARLY THIS MORNING DUE TO THE WET GROUND, BUT SO FAR THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH FOG TO SPEAK OF. IF ANY FOG DOES FORM, IT COULD BE LOCALLY DENSE, BRINGING VSBYS TO IFR OR LOWER. OTHERWISE, FURTHER IMPROVEMENT TO VFR IS EXPECTED EVERYWHERE BY LATER IN THE MORNING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE CONTROLS THE WX OVER THE AREA. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NW THIS AFTERNOON, GENERALLY IN THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE, BUT THAT SHOULD BE THE EXTENT OF ANY AVIATION CONCERNS FOR TODAY. OUTLOOK... BEYOND, THE TAF PERIOD, HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL THROUGH THURSDAY, WITH GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS AND GOOD FLYING WEATHER. A WARM FRONT IS THEN EXPECTED TO CROSS THE REGION LATER THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME CIG/VSBY RESTRICTIONS AT THAT TIME. && .MARINE... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH 16Z, BASED ON THE LATEST WAVEWATCH DATA. AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION, EXPECT SEAS TO DECREASE AND NO FURTHER FLAGS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AT THE EARLIEST. AS THE CURRENTLY FORECASTED WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION AND A MORE ELY FLOW DEVELOPS, SCA FLAGS MAY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT DURING THE PERIOD FROM THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...NONE. NJ...NONE. DE...NONE. MD...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR ANZ450>455. && SYNOPSIS/NEAR TERM/SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...IOVINO AVIATION/MARINE...NIERENBERG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 500 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-301100- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH- NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- 500 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT, MAINLY IN SHELTERED LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-301100- NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-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- 500 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ450>455-301100- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 500 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-301100- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- 500 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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