Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Frost Advisories in 2012
Frost Advisory 13, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this frost advisory at Oct 12, 2012, 4:25 AM EDT for 14 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2012, 4:25 AM EDT (08:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2012, 7:47 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Adams County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Juniata County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Snyder County, PA, Union County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The State College radar (KCCX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314 WWUS71 KCTP 120825 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 425 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TODAY AND THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND LOWER 30S ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. PAZ028-049>053-056>059-063>066-121630- /O.NEW.KCTP.FR.Y.0013.121012T0825Z-121012T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.FZ.A.0012.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ JUNIATA-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY- DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIFFLINTOWN...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE... DANVILLE...SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT... HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE... GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 425 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIDESPREAD 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. && $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-025>027-034>037-041-045-046-121630- /O.CON.KCTP.FZ.A.0012.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...BEDFORD... MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO... TROUT RUN...LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT 425 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. && $$
1 follow-up statement
436 WWUS71 KCTP 121147 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 747 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND LOWER 30S ACROSS THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY. PAZ028-049>053-056>059-063>066-122000- /O.CAN.KCTP.FR.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-121012T1200Z/ /O.CON.KCTP.FZ.A.0012.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ JUNIATA-UNION-SNYDER-MONTOUR-NORTHUMBERLAND-COLUMBIA-PERRY- DAUPHIN-SCHUYLKILL-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND-ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIFFLINTOWN...LEWISBURG...SELINSGROVE... DANVILLE...SUNBURY...SHAMOKIN...BLOOMSBURG...BERWICK...NEWPORT... HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...POTTSVILLE...LEBANON...CARLISLE... GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 747 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. && $$ PAZ010>012-017>019-025>027-034>037-041-045-046-122000- /O.CON.KCTP.FZ.A.0012.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ ELK-CAMERON-NORTHERN CLINTON-CLEARFIELD-NORTHERN CENTRE- SOUTHERN CENTRE-BLAIR-HUNTINGDON-MIFFLIN-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN- TIOGA-NORTHERN LYCOMING-SOUTHERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN LYCOMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. MARYS...RIDGWAY...EMPORIUM... RENOVO...DUBOIS...CLEARFIELD...PHILIPSBURG...STATE COLLEGE... ALTOONA...HUNTINGDON...MOUNT UNION...LEWISTOWN...BEDFORD... MCCONNELLSBURG...CHAMBERSBURG...MANSFIELD...WELLSBORO... TROUT RUN...LOCK HAVEN...WILLIAMSPORT 747 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. * TIMING...LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD DAMAGE SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 10:15 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield and 22 more | 22 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2012Every frost advisory in 2012
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.