Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Frost Advisories in 2006

Frost Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 29, 20065 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Apr 29, 2006, 3:55 PM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 30, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2006, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2006, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2006-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS71 KPHI 291955
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2006

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-301000-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.060430T0600Z-060430T1200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN
355 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2006

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

UNDER A CLEAR SKY WITH A LIGHT WIND...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
TO DROP INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 30S LATE TONIGHT IN MUCH OF
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY...AND AREAS OF
FROST WILL LIKELY DEVELOP. AS A RESULT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

BE SURE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND BRING ANY POTTED PLANTS 
INDOORS.

$$

IOVINO
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 300614
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
214 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-301200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060430T1200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-
LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...
DOYLESTOWN
214 AM EDT SUN APR 30 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES DROPPED INTO THE 30S OVERNIGHT. THESE COLD
TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LIGHT WINDS, AND THIS ALLOWED SCATTERED
FROST TO FORM, ESPECIALLY IN OUTLYING AND RURAL AREAS.

BE SURE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND BRING ANY POTTED
PLANTS INDOORS.

$$

STAUBER

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.