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Wind Chill Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 23, 2014Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 23, 2014, 3:04 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 24, 2014, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 23, 2014, 3:04 PM EST (20:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 24, 2014, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 24, 2014, 11:45 AM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 122 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 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.

012 
WWUS41 KPHI 232004
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
304 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014

PAZ054-055-240930-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WC.Y.0005.140124T0500Z-140124T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
304 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON
EST FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS. 

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15
  MPH GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$


DRAG

3 follow-up statements

452 
WWUS41 KPHI 240200
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
900 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014

PAZ054-055-241000-
/O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0005.140124T0500Z-140124T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
900 PM EST THU JAN 23 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON EST FRIDAY...

* LOCATION...THE POCONOS.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO WITH A WEST TO NORTHWEST
  WIND AT 10 TO 15 MPH GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE WIND AND COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND HYPOTHERMIA.

&&

$$

IOVINO

178 
WWUS41 KPHI 240831
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
331 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014

PAZ054-055-241700-
/O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140124T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
331 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...

* LOCATION...THE POCONOS.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...2 BELOW TO 11 ABOVE ZERO.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 20 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 2 BELOW TO
  11 ABOVE ZERO...AND NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP
  TO 20 MPH.

* IMPACTS...IN ADDITION TO THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL
  VALUES...LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS
  MORNING...WHICH WILL LEAD TO SLICK CONDITIONS ON SOME ROADS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES.
PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE WIND AND COLD MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE
AND HYPOTHERMIA.

&&

$$

JOHNSON

732 
WWUS41 KPHI 241645
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1145 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014


PAZ054-055-241745-
/O.CAN.KPHI.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140124T1700Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
1145 AM EST FRI JAN 24 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR THE POCONOS WHERE THE WIND CHILL BOTTOMED
OUT NEAR 21 BELOW ZERO AROUND 7 AM.

ITS STILL COLD IN THE POCONOS WITH SUBZERO WIND CHILLS THIS
AFTERNOON.

$$

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.