[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 10/29/2012 4:44:10 AM

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NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
443 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...SANDY WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE FORCE
ACROSS OUR REGION LATER TODAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY...

.SANDY WILL BECOME A POWERFUL NOR'EASTER AS IT TURNS WESTWARD TODAY
AND SLAMS INTO THE NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF
WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. EVERYONE NEEDS TO TAKE THIS STORM 
SERIOUSLY AND COMPLETE PREPARATIONS THIS MORNING AS CONDITIONS
WILL WORSEN SUBSTANTIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-
055-060>062-067>071-292200-
/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
443 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

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

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN WINDS SHIFTING TO SOUTHERLY WITH
  GUSTS OF 60 TO 75 MPH EARLY TONIGHT. 

* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING COULD
  STILL UPROOT A FEW TREES BUT BY THEN THE PRIMARY DAMAGE WILL
  HAVE OCCURRED.

* 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... WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND
  TONIGHT. 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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