Alert archive / New Jersey / Snow Advisories in 2008
Snow Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this snow advisory at Feb 20, 2008, 12:33 PM EST for 5 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Maryland; Kent County, New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2008, 12:33 PM EST (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2008, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 103 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KPHI 201733 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1233 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...A LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-017-021>025-210100- /O.NEW.KPHI.SN.Y.0003.080220T1733Z-080221T0100Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...ELKTON... CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY 1233 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DELMARVA AREA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT FOR THE MOST PART, BUT SHORT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW MAY OCCUR. THE TOTALS SNOWFALL WILL NOT BE VERY GREAT, ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH OR MAYBE TWO, BUT IT WILL OCCUR DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS, SO BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ OHARA
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KPHI 202255 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 555 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 DEZ002-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ023-024-210100- /O.CON.KPHI.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080221T0100Z/ KENT DE-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY 555 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW MOVING ACROSS THE DELMARVA AREA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE AND END AT AROUND 800 PM EST. THERE WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...WITH A TOTAL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR ICY SPOTS ON SOME ROADS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADS...AND VISIBILITIES THAT MAY DROP BELOW ONE-HALF MILE FOR A TIME. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ016-017-021-022-025-210100- /O.CON.KPHI.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080221T0100Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY 555 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW MOVING ACROSS THE DELMARVA AREA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING COMMUTE AND END BY AROUND 800 PM EST. THERE WILL BE MAINLY LIGHT SNOW...BUT SHORT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW MAY OCCUR. THE TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL NOT BE VERY GREAT...ON THE ORDER OF AN INCH OR MAYBE TWO OF FLUFFY SNOW...BUT BE PREPARED FOR SOME ICY SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MPD
000 WWUS41 KPHI 210057 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 757 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 DEZ002-MDZ015-019-020-210200- /O.EXP.KPHI.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080221T0100Z/ KENT DE-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON 757 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY OVERNIGHT...SO PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY. $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ016-017-021-022-025-210200- /O.EXP.KPHI.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080221T0100Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...ATLANTIC CITY 757 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY OVERNIGHT...SO PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY.. $$ NJZ023-024-210200- /O.EXT.KPHI.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080221T0200Z/ CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY 757 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. STEADY SNOW MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN DELAWARE AND FAR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING WILL TAPER OFF BY AROUND 900 PM EST. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE EVENING...BUT ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS NOT EXPECTED. A TOTAL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOW IS EXPECTED. BE PREPARED FOR ICY SPOTS ON SOME ROADS...ESPECIALLY UNTREATED ROADS...AND VISIBILITIES THAT MAY DROP BELOW ONE-HALF MILE FOR A TIME. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MPD
000 WWUS41 KPHI 210158 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 858 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 NJZ023-024-210300- /O.EXP.KPHI.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080221T0200Z/ CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY 858 PM EST WED FEB 20 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT, BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THERE MAY BE SOME SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT, SO PLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY. $$ NIERENBERG
Nearby
Snow Advisories in New Jersey, 2008Snow Advisories in Maryland, 2008Snow Advisories in Delaware, 2008Every snow advisory in 2008
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.