[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 10/28/2012 4:25:41 PM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
425 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...SANDY TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO HURRICANE FORCE ACROSS OUR 
REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...

.NORTHWARD MOVING SANDY WILL BECOME A POWERFUL NOR'EASTER AS IT 
TURNS WESTWARD ON MONDAY. THIS WILL SLAM INTO THE NEW JERSEY COAST 
LATER MONDAY EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF DAMAGING WINDS. THE PROLONGED 
PERIOD OF HIGH WINDS WITH THIS STORM WILL ADD TO THE DESTRUCTIVE 
POWER. THEREFORE, EVERYONE NEEDS TO TAKE THIS STORM SERIOUSLY AND 
COMPLETE THEIR PREPARATIONS AS CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN TONIGHT AND
ESPECIALLY MONDAY.

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-291000-
/O.CON.KPHI.HW.W.0001.121029T1200Z-121030T1300Z/
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
425 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

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

* WINDS...NORTHEAST TO NORTH AT 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO
  70 MPH ARE ANTICIPATED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SHIFTING WINDS
  SHOULD THEN START DIMINISHING LATER IN THE DAY TUESDAY. LOCAL
  WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS
  CLOSER TO THE COAST.

* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* TIMING...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST
  INLAND THROUGH TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY DURING MONDAY. THE
  STRONGEST WINDS LOOK TO OCCUR BETWEEN ABOUT 4 PM MONDAY AND 6 AM
  TUESDAY. 

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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