Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Chill Advisories in 2008
Wind Chill Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill advisory at Dec 21, 2008, 2:07 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 22, 2008, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2008, 2:07 PM EST (19:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2008, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2008, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 19:08 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, 7.1 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
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 111 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1086 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 211907 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 207 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 PAZ054-055-221100- /O.NEW.KPHI.WC.Y.0002.081222T0900Z-081222T1500Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 207 PM EST SUN DEC 21 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 AM EST MONDAY. THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL INVADE THE AREA TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS COUPLED WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL FACTORS OF AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO COME MONDAY MORNING. ONLY MODEST RELIEF IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ STAUBER/GIGI
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KPHI 220845 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 345 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 PAZ054-055-221500- /O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0002.081222T0900Z-081222T1500Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 345 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM. THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON, SO FAR, IS OVER OUR REGION THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF LOW TEMPERATURES, IN THE SINGLE DIGITS, COUPLED WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF AROUND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. ONLY MODEST RELIEF IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS, MAKE SURE THAT YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES, AND A NUMBER OF LAYERS OF CLOTHING. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 221454 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 954 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 PAZ054-055-221800- /O.EXT.KPHI.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 954 AM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON... SO FAR...IS OVER OUR REGION TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES...ONLY REACHING INTO THE MID TEENS TODAY...COUPLED WITH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 DEGREES DEGREES BELOW ZERO INTO THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY MODEST RELIEF IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE THAT YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES...AND A NUMBER OF LAYERS OF CLOTHING. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 221753 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1253 PM EST MON DEC 22 2008 PAZ054-055-221900- /O.EXP.KPHI.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-081222T1800Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 1253 PM EST MON DEC 22 2008 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL STILL EXIST TODAY, HOWEVER, WITH INCREASING TEMPERATURES, ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL NOT BE MET. THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ HEAVENER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2:08 PM EST | Wind Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Delaware, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and 1 more | 23 hr |
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.