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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 5, 20134 counties in Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Apr 5, 2013, 5:20 PM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Apr 6, 2013, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2013, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2013, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 6, 2013, 7:49 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2013-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2013-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -207 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

904 
WWUS71 KPHI 052120
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
520 PM EDT FRI APR 5 2013

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-061200-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0001.130406T0900Z-130406T1200Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON
520 PM EDT FRI APR 5 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY FOR THE MORE SHELTERED AREAS OF THE CENTRAL DELMARVA...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 8 AM EDT SATURDAY.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S.

* WINDS...BECOMING LIGHT OVER THE MORE SHELTERED AREAS. 

* IMPACTS...TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST OR NEAR-FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ARE POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEFT
UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

MPD
1 follow-up statement
215 
WWUS71 KPHI 061149
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
749 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013


DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-061300-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130406T1200Z/
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...CHESTERTOWN...
CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON
749 AM EDT SAT APR 6 2013

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
FROST ADVISORY.

TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN CLOSE TO 40 DEGREES THIS MORNING ALLOWING
THE FROST ADVISORY TO BE CANCELLED.

$$

HEAVENER

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.