Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Freezing Rain Advisories in 2016
Freezing Rain Advisory 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freezing rain advisory at Oct 26, 2016, 3:29 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It took effect at Oct 27, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2016, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 27, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2016, 5:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 19:28 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
904 WWUS41 KPHI 261929 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 329 PM EDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN TO IMPACT PARTS OF THE POCONOS AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... NJZ001-PAZ054-055-271000- /O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.161027T0600Z-161027T1500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 329 PM EDT WED OCT 26 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA AND SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...AROUND A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP IN THE LATE NIGHT HOURS TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS AS ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BE SLIPPERY. BE SURE TO USE CAUTION AND LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR TRAVEL IN THE MORNING. * WINDS...EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MPS
4 follow-up statements
448 WWUS41 KPHI 270800 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 400 AM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-271500- /O.CON.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-161027T1500Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 400 AM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...CARBON COUNTY AND MONROE COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA... AND SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPE...FREEZING RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND WALKWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. && $$ IOVINO
593 WWUS41 KPHI 271453 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1053 AM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY EXTENDED... NJZ001-PAZ054-055-271800- /O.EXT.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-161027T1800Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 1053 AM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...AND SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPE...FREEZING RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND WALKWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. && $$
037 WWUS41 KPHI 271749 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 149 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY EXTENDED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... NJZ001-PAZ054-055-272200- /O.EXT.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-161027T2200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 149 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA...AND SUSSEX COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPE...FREEZING RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND WALKWAYS. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF DRIVING. && $$ MPS
669 WWUS41 KPHI 272153 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 553 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-272300- /O.CAN.KPHI.ZR.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-161027T2200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 553 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING...AND FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO PLAIN RAIN. TRAVELERS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD STILL BE AWARE FOR SLICK SPOTS ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. $$ MPS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 3:51 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 60 hr |
Nearby
Freezing Rain Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Freezing Rain Advisories in New Jersey, 2016Every freezing rain advisory in 2016
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.