Alert archive / New Jersey / Frost Advisories in 2007

Frost Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 6, 20075 counties in Pennsylvania; 8 counties in New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 6, 2007, 2:43 AM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 8 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at May 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2007, 2:43 AM EDT (06:43 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 7, 2007, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 060643
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
243 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007


NJZ001-007>010-021-022-027-PAZ054-055-060>062-062115-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0003.070507T0400Z-070507T1200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
243 AM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
MONDAY. 

HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA WILL CONTINUE BUILDING OVER THE REGION
THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL KEEP BRISK WINDS AND UNSEASONABLY COOL
TEMPERATURES OVER THE REGION TODAY. AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH
GETS CLOSER TO THE AREA TONIGHT, WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT TONIGHT
AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO THE 30S. AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED
LATE TONIGHT.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT 
UNPROTECTED OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE, BRING PLANTS INDOORS THAT ARE 
SENSITIVE TO THE COLD TO PROTECT THEM.

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS71 KPHI 061934
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

NJZ001-007>010-021-022-027-PAZ054-055-060>062-071200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0003.070507T0400Z-070507T1200Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
WHARTON STATE FOREST...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
334 PM EDT SUN MAY 6 2007

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT MONDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT MONDAY. 

HIGH PRESSURE FROM CANADA WILL CONTINUE BUILDING OVER THE REGION 
TONIGHT. AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH GETS CLOSER TO THE AREA TONIGHT, 
WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT OVERNIGHT AND TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO 
THE 30S. AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO FORM LATE TONIGHT. THERE 
MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL FROST ON MONDAY NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE
MORE TYPICALLY COLDER OUTLYING AREAS.  

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT 
UNPROTECTED OUTSIDE. IF POSSIBLE, BRING PLANTS INDOORS THAT ARE 
SENSITIVE TO THE COLD OR COVER OUTDOOR PLANTS THAT CAN NOT BE 
PHYSICALLY BROUGHT INSIDE.
 

$$

TFG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:02 AM EDTRed Flag WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more18 hr
May 6, 3:13 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May10 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 2007Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2007Every frost advisory in 2007

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.