[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Non-Precip Warning : PHI@ 10/29/2012 6:15:53 AM

[svrwx at wx3i.net]

WWUS71 KPHI 291015
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
615 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 HAS INTENSIFIED AND WILL BE POWERFUL AS IT SLAMS INTO THE
NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING WITH PERIODS OF WIDESPREAD DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 65 AND 85 MPH. PREPARATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED
BY NOON 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
615 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* WINDS...NORTHEAST INCREASING 40 TO 55 MPH BY 2 PM WITH GUSTS OF
  65 TO 75 MPH INLAND BUT 75 TO 85 MPH ALONG THE COASTS LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON UNTIL SANDY PASSES THIS EVENING. THEN A BRIEF PERIOD
  OF SIMILARLY DAMAGING SOUTHERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED EARLY TONIGHT
  AS SANDY HEADS WEST PAST PHILADELPHIA.

* THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION!

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
  TONIGHT. THEREAFTER...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. MANY TREES COULD BE COMPLETELY UPROOTED. POWER OUTAGES
  ARE EXPECTED TO 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.

&&

$$

DRAG