[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 10/28/2012 4:36:33 AM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
435 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...SANDY TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS OUR REGION MONDAY AND
ESPECIALLY EARLY MONDAY NIGHT...

.POLEWARD MOVING SANDY WILL AGAIN BECOME A POWERFUL STORM AS IT
TURNS WEST ON MONDAY...SLAMMING INTO THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC
COAST LATE MONDAY EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF 60 TO 75 MPH WIND GUSTS.


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NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-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-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...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...JIM THORPE...
STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA
435 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A HIGH
WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 9 AM EDT
TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO
  TO 75 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED MONDAY AND EARLY MONDAY NIGHT.
  SHIFTING WINDS MAY STILL GUST TO 55 MPH TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE
  DIMINISHING LATER IN THE DAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCAL WIND GUSTS
  TO 75 MPH...IS MAINLY ALONG THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.

* TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST
  INLAND DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS MONDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
  EXPECTED TO OCCUR BETWEEN 4 PM MONDAY AND 4 AM TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY
  MONDAY EVENING JUST AHEAD AND JUST AFTER SANDY'S LANDFALL. WHILE
  THE PRIMARY DAMAGING WIND EVENT IS SLATED FOR LATE MONDAY OR
  MONDAY NIGHT...SPOTTY DAMAGE COULD BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK
  MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE THE
  POTENTIAL FOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE... DOWNED TREES AND WIDESPREAD
  POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY FROM THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR
  EASTWARD TO THE COASTS. THE COMBINATION OF THE
  WIND...INCREASINGLY RAIN SOFTENED GROUND... AND MANY TREES STILL
  LOADED WITH LEAVES... SHOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
  MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. TREES COULD BE COMPLETELY UPROOTED AND
  MANY TREE LIMBS WILL BE BROKEN. POWER OUTAGES MAY BE OF LONG
  DURATION.

* DURATION...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE
  EXTENDED INTO MIDDAY TUESDAY...DEPENDENT ON SANDY'S STRENGTH AND
  LOCATION IN PENNSYLVANIA. IF THE WARNING WOULD NEED AN EXTENSION
  INTO TUESDAY...IT WOULD BE PRIMARILY FOR THE COASTAL AREAS.

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... AND SECURE OR BRING IN ITEMS THAT COULD BE TOSSED
AROUND IN THE HIGH WINDS.

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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