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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 26, 2013, 3:07 PM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at May 27, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2013, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2013, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2013, 7:24 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 201 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
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676 WWUS71 KPHI 261907 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 307 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-270315- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0008.130527T0700Z-130527T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 307 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S. * TIMING...FROST IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 300 AM AND 800 AM MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ SZATKOWSKI
2 follow-up statements
902 WWUS71 KPHI 270150 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 950 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-271200- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0008.130527T0700Z-130527T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 950 PM EDT SUN MAY 26 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
619 WWUS71 KPHI 271124 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 724 AM EDT MON MAY 27 2013 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-271230- /O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-130527T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 724 AM EDT MON MAY 27 2013 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN INTO THE UPPER-30S AND LOW-40S ALLOWING THE FROST ADVISORY TO BE CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 22 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2013Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 2013Every frost advisory in 2013
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.