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Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 27, 2014Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 27, 2014, 3:05 AM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 27, 2014, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 27, 2014, 3:05 AM EST (08:05 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 27, 2014, 11:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 28, 2014, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 10 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 08:08 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -137 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

415 
WWUS41 KPHI 270805
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
305 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014

PAZ054-055-272100-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WC.Y.0007.140228T0400Z-140228T1400Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
305 AM EST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM
EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM EST FRIDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL...AROUND 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD AND WIND MAY LEAD TO
  HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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

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.

&&

$$

4 follow-up statements

341 
WWUS41 KPHI 272032
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
332 PM EST THU FEB 27 2014

PAZ054-055-280700-
/O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0007.140228T0400Z-140228T1400Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
332 PM EST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 21 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 4 BELOW TO 
  10 ABOVE ZERO...AND NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 20 MPH.

* TIMING...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD AND WIND MAY LEAD TO
  HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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.

&&

$$

594 
WWUS41 KPHI 280036
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
736 PM EST THU FEB 27 2014

PAZ054-055-281400-
/O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0007.140228T0400Z-140228T1400Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
736 PM EST THU FEB 27 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY...

* HAZARD TYPES...LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL...AS LOW AS 21 BELOW DUE TO TEMPERATURES 4 BELOW TO 
  10 ABOVE ZERO...AND NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 
  TO 20 MPH.


* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD AND WIND MAY LEAD TO 
  HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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.

&&

$$

143 
WWUS41 KPHI 280815
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
315 AM EST FRI FEB 28 2014

PAZ054-055-281400-
/O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140228T1400Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
315 AM EST FRI FEB 28 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

* HAZARD TYPES...LOW WIND CHILLS.

* WIND CHILL...AROUND 15 TO 20 BELOW ZERO.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE COLD AND WIND MAY LEAD TO 
  HYPOTHERMIA AND FROST BITE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

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

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.

&&

$$

960 
WWUS41 KPHI 281349
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
849 AM EST FRI FEB 28 2014


PAZ054-055-281500-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-140228T1400Z/
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
849 AM EST FRI FEB 28 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING WINDS
WILL LEAD TO INCREASING WIND CHILL VALUES. THUS THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 27, 4:24 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	PHI	Monroe	66 min

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.