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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 11, 2014Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 11, 2014, 3:54 AM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It took effect at Oct 12, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2014, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 12, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 12, 2014, 7:57 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 07:56 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, 7.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-10-11Temperature 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2014-10-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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.

303 
WWUS71 KPHI 110754
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
354 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2014

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-112015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.141012T0800Z-141012T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
354 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY.

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

* TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
117 
WWUS71 KPHI 111935
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 PM EDT SAT OCT 11 2014

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-121200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.141012T0800Z-141012T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
335 PM EDT SAT OCT 11 2014

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

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

* TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
034 
WWUS71 KPHI 120728
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
328 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 2014

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-121200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.141012T0800Z-141012T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
328 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 2014

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 30S.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
539 
WWUS71 KPHI 121157
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
757 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 2014


NJZ001-PAZ054-055-121300-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-141012T1200Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
757 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 2014

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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


$$

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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.