Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Frost Advisories in 2011
Frost Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 22, 2011, 4:46 AM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 23, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2011, 4:46 AM EDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 23, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2011, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
237 WWUS71 KPHI 220846 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 446 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2011 NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-222000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.111023T0600Z-111023T1300Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 446 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA * HAZARDS...WIDESPREAD FROST. * TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR/EXPOSED PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...PLANTS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
119 WWUS71 KPHI 221920 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 320 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2011 NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-231000- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.111023T0600Z-111023T1300Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 320 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA * HAZARDS...AREAS OF FROST. * TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER 30S. * TIMING...AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR/EXPOSED PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...PLANTS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. && $$
065 WWUS71 KPHI 230133 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 933 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2011 NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-231300- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.111023T0600Z-111023T1300Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 933 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN AREAS OF FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR GARDENING INTERESTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$
385 WWUS71 KPHI 230920 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 520 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2011 NJZ001-231030- /O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111023T1300Z/ SUSSEX- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWTON 520 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. CLOUD COVER DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS KEPT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. AS A RESULT...FROST IS NO LONGER A DANGER IN SUSSEX COUNTY NJ. $$ NJZ007-PAZ054-055-061-062-231300- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111023T1300Z/ WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 520 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...35 TO 40. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN AREAS OF FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR GARDENING INTERESTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD HARVEST OR PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$
755 WWUS71 KPHI 231304 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 904 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2011 NJZ007-PAZ054-055-061-062-231415- /O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-111023T1300Z/ WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 904 AM EDT SUN OCT 23 2011 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE, THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ IOVINO
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.