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Winter Weather Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 1, 2013, 3:53 AM EST for Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Feb 1, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2013, 3:53 AM EST (08:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 1, 2013, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter weather advisory went out at Feb 1, 3:39 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 3:39 AM EST, 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 31, 11:49 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1149 PM EST THU JAN 31 2013 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021>025-010900- NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...PENNSVILLE...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY 1149 PM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...A 2 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL HAMPER TRAVEL ACROSS DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY DURING THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE... MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITY LIMITED TO ONE HALF MILE IN A SNOW EVENT OCCURRING BETWEEN 6 AND 10 FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH POTENTIAL FOR A NARROW BAND OF 3 INCH AMOUNTS. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL FALLING IN 3 TO 4 HOURS FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH DURING MIDDAY. MORE DETAILS WILL BE ISSUED IN OUR 330 AM FORECASTS. DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 7:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 82 min |
| Jan 31, 9:00 PM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 6 hr | |
| Jan 31, 9:00 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 6 hr | |
| Feb 1, 3:29 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Feb 1, 3:29 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 25 hr | |
| Feb 1, 10:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 54 min |
| Feb 1, 3:16 PM EST | Low Water Advisory | PHI | 7 hr |
Nearby
Winter Weather Advisories in New Jersey, 2013Winter Weather Advisories in Delaware, 2013Every winter weather 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.