Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Chill Advisories in 2015
Wind Chill Advisory 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 13, 2015, 12:00 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2015, 12:00 PM EST (17:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2015, 3:17 PM EST
- In force
- 3 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 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WWUS41 KPHI 131700 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1200 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 PAZ054-055-140100- /O.CAN.KPHI.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150213T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WC.Y.0007.150213T1700Z-150213T2100Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.WC.A.0001.150215T0600Z-150216T1300Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 1200 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH BUT DIMINISHING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...5 BELOW TO 20 ABOVE ZERO. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR EXPOSED SKIN. THE WIND CHILL WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE FROSTBITE IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS... AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST GO OUTSIDE... REMEMBER THAT SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHING WILL KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FROSTBITE. 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. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ NJZ001-007>009-PAZ060>062-101-103-105-131800- /O.CAN.KPHI.WC.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT... PERKASIE 1200 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. RISING TEMPERATURES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR MILDER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. $$ NJZ010-012>015-PAZ102-104-106-131800- /O.CAN.KPHI.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-150213T1700Z/ SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER- EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD... SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 1200 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. RISING TEMPERATURES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR MILDER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. $$
1 follow-up statement
602 WWUS41 KPHI 132017 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 317 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 PAZ054-055-140430- /O.CAN.KPHI.WC.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-150213T2100Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.WC.A.0001.150215T0600Z-150216T1300Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 317 PM EST FRI FEB 13 2015 ...WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...10 ABOVE ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL LEAD TO FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 10:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 33 min |
| Feb 13, 3:48 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:16 AM EST | High Wind Watch | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 13, 9:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | PHI | Bucks, Chester, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Feb 13, 4:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | PHI | Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh and 4 more | 42 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2015Every wind chill advisory in 2015
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.