[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 10/27/2012 5:06:51 AM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
505 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012


DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ008>010-012>027-PAZ067>071-
272130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.HW.A.0001.121029T0200Z-121030T0600Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MORRIS-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-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-
PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...
FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...
CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...
MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...
ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
505 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...THE APPROACH OF POWERFUL TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL
  GENERATE NORTHEAST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH
  FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO THE COASTS. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY AND ALONG THE COAST
  OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE. 

* EXPANSION OF WATCH...MAY BE NEEDED INTO THE REMAINDER OF
  NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA IN LATER FORECAST
  ASSESSMENTS WITH RIDGES VULNERABLE AS WELL AS THE LEHIGH VALLEY.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 65 MPH...RAIN
  SOFTENED GROUND AND MANY TREES STILL FULLY LEAVED...SHOULD
  RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING.
  TREES COULD BE UPROOTED WITH MANY BROKEN TREE LIMBS EXPECTED.
  POWER OUTAGES MAY BE OF LONG DURATION.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

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DRAG