Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Chill Advisories in 2008
Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 10, 2008, 2:56 AM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 10, 2008, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2008, 2:56 AM EST (07:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 10, 2008, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2008, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 13 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 08:00 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, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 465 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 549 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 100756 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 256 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 PAZ054-055-101600- /O.NEW.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.080211T0200Z-080211T1500Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 256 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST MONDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO THE UPPER TEENS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN DOWN CLOSE TO ZERO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BUT DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND THE TEMPERATURE WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ RNS
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KPHI 101452 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 952 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 PAZ054-055-102300- /O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.080211T0200Z-080211T1500Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 952 AM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST MONDAY. THE SECOND OF TWO ARCTIC COLD FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP THROUGH THE 20S THIS AFTERNOON AND CLOSE TO ZERO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BUT DECREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND THE TEMPERATURE WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ TFG
000 WWUS41 KPHI 101929 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 229 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 PAZ054-055-110400- /O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.080211T0200Z-080211T1500Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 229 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST MONDAY. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BETWEEN 3 PM AND 6 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP THROUGH THE 20S BY THIS EVENING AND CLOSE TO ZERO TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT AND BE FROM THE WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH LATER TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP TO AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ OHARA
000 WWUS41 KPHI 110234 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 934 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 PAZ054-055-111015- /O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080211T1500Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 934 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY. BLUSTERY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR HAS MOVED OVER THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT NEAR ZERO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ALSO, GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH EARLY MONDAY. THIS MEANS THAT THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND THE TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL VALUES TO REMAIN AROUND 15 BELOW ZERO THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ RNS
000 WWUS41 KPHI 110830 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 330 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 PAZ054-055-111500- /O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0003.080212T1700Z-080213T1200Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080211T1500Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 330 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. FOR THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY... THE BLUSTERY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING CAUSING WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BRISK THIS AFTERNOON, BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ENOUGH THAT WIND CHILLS SHOULD MOVE ABOVE ZERO BY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE FROST BITE AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY AND HEAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THEN WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AND THEN 1/2 INCH OF ICE COULD FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NJZ001-007>010-PAZ060>062-111500- /O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0003.080212T1700Z-080213T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 330 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY AND HEAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THEN WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AND THEN 1/2 INCH OF ICE COULD FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ RNS
000 WWUS41 KPHI 111504 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1004 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 PAZ054-055-120000- /O.EXP.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080211T1500Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.WS.A.0003.080212T1700Z-080213T1200Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 1004 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE BLUSTERY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ENOUGH THAT WIND CHILLS IN THE ZERO TO MINUS 10 RANGE. FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY AND HEAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THEN WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AND THEN 1/2 INCH OF ICE COULD FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NJZ001-007>010-PAZ060>062-120000- /O.CON.KPHI.WS.A.0003.080212T1700Z-080213T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM... EASTON 1004 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TUESDAY AND HEAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY. MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW IS FORECAST TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY EVENING. THEN WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT WHILE SURFACE TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE AND THEN 1/2 INCH OF ICE COULD FALL ON TOP OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ NIERENBERG
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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.