Alert archive / New Jersey / Frost Advisories in 2006
Frost Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 22, 2006, 2:58 AM EDT for 5 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 23, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2006, 2:58 AM EDT (06:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2006, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2006, 2:32 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 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 06:58 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 00:00Z, 7.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KPHI 220658 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 258 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-222000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.060523T0400Z-060523T1000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 258 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. A VERY COOL AND DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND SOME CLOUDS AROUND THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING, SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SCATTERED FROST IS EXPECTED. BE SURE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND TO BRING ANY POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ STAUBER
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 221528 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1128 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-230300- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.060523T0400Z-060523T1000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1128 AM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. A VERY COOL AND DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE GUSTY WINDS AND SOME CLOUDS AROUND THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... SKIES WILL CLEAR AND WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SCATTERED FROST IS EXPECTED. BE SURE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND TO BRING ANY POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$
000 WWUS71 KPHI 222358 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 758 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-231000- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.060523T0400Z-060523T1000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 758 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. A VERY COOL AND DRY AIRMASS HAS MOVED OVER THE REGION. DIMINISHING WINDS AND A CLEARING SKY BY MIDNIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 30S BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND SCATTERED FROST IS EXPECTED. BE SURE TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND TO BRING ANY POTTED PLANTS INDOORS. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$
000 WWUS71 KPHI 230632 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 232 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2006 NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-230745- /O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060523T1000Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 232 AM EDT TUE MAY 23 2006 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. PATCHY CLOUDS AND OCCASIONAL GUSTY WINDS HAVE KEPT THE TEMPERATURES FROM GETTING COLD ENOUGH FOR FROST. $$ STAUBER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:15 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 5 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 2006Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2006Every frost advisory in 2006
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.