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Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 5, 2007Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill advisory at Mar 5, 2007, 3:34 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 6, 2007, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2007, 3:34 PM EST (20:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2007, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 6, 2007, 11:42 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 2007-03-05Temperature 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 2007-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
331 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 
WWUS41 KPHI 052034
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
334 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007
 
PAZ054-055-061100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WC.Y.0006.070306T0500Z-070306T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
334 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM EST TUESDAY. 

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA AND AN
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO INVADE THE REGION. 
WIND SPEEDS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS LIKELY.

LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS. 
COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS, THIS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL
FACTORS REACHING AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATER TONIGHT AND
INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS DURING THIS TIME USE COMMON SENSE AND DRESS 
WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF 
POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT FROSTBITE 
AND HYPOTHERMIA. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE EXTRA 
GLOVES, WATER, SOME LIGHT FOOD AND A MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 
EVENT YOUR GET STUCK. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PETS ARE ALSO PROTECTED 
FROM THE EXTREME COLD.
 
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS
FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. 

$$

GORSE/GIGI
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS41 KPHI 060134
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
834 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007

PAZ054-055-061100-
/O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0006.070306T0500Z-070306T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
834 PM EST MON MAR 5 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM EST TUESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM EST TUESDAY. 

AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO INVADE THE REGION.
WIND SPEEDS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE.

LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS.
COUPLED WITH THE STRONG WINDS, THIS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL
FACTORS REACHING AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO LATER TONIGHT AND
AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO DURING TUESDAY MORNING.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS DURING THIS TIME USE COMMON SENSE AND
DRESS WARMLY...MAKING SURE THAT ALL EXPOSED SKIN IS COVERED. IF
POSSIBLE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD TO PREVENT
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING... MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE EXTRA GLOVES... WATER... SOME LIGHT FOOD AND A MEANS OF
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE EVENT YOUR GET STUCK. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR
PETS ARE ALSO PROTECTED FROM THE EXTREME COLD.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS
OR UPDATES.

$$

GIGI
000 
WWUS41 KPHI 060925
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
425 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2007

PAZ054-055-061700-
/O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070306T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
425 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE POCONO REGION.  
TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS MORNING, ONLY 
RISING INTO THE TEENS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.

WITH A NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 25 MPH GUSTING TO 35 MPH, WIND CHILL 
VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE AS LOW AS 15 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES THIS 
MORNING.  AS A RESULT, A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
CARBON COUNTY AND MONROE COUNTY UNTIL NOON.

LIMIT YOUR TIME OUT OF DOORS TODAY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.  WHEN 
VENTURING OUTSIDE BE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND WEAR A WARM HAT AND 
GLOVES.

$$

IOVINO
000 
WWUS41 KPHI 061642
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1142 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2007

PAZ054-055-061745-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-070306T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
1142 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2007

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIDESPREAD WIND CHILL
READINGS DROP TO FIFTEEN BELOW ZERO. BECAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES
WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY INTO THE ZERO TO TEN BELOW RANGE THIS
AFTERNOON, THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

ALTHOUGH THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED, LIMITING YOUR TIME OUT OF
DOORS THIS AFTERNOON MIGHT BE A WISE CHOICE. IF VENTURING
OUTSIDE, BE SURE TO DRESS IN LAYERS AND COVER AS MUCH SKIN AS
POSSIBLE TO AVOID FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA.

$$

KRUZDLO

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.