Alert archive / New Jersey / Frost Advisories in 2016
Frost Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Apr 13, 2016, 3:28 PM EDT for 15 counties in New Jersey; 6 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Apr 14, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2016, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2016, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 21 counties
Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 125 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
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
055 WWUS71 KPHI 131928 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 328 PM EDT WED APR 13 2016 NJZ001-007>010-012-013-016>023-027-PAZ060>062-101-103-105-141200- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.160414T0400Z-160414T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT... PERKASIE 328 PM EDT WED APR 13 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURE...MOSTLY IN THE LOW 30S...BUT A FEW UPPER 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
505 WWUS71 KPHI 131937 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 337 PM EDT WED APR 13 2016 NJZ001-007>010-012-013-016>023-027-PAZ060>062-101-103-105-141200- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.160414T0400Z-160414T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT... PERKASIE 337 PM EDT WED APR 13 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY IN THE LOW 30S...BUT A FEW UPPER 20S POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
512 WWUS71 KPHI 132230 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 630 PM EDT WED APR 13 2016 NJZ001-007>010-012-013-016>023-027-PAZ060>062-101-103-105-141200- /O.UPG.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.160414T0400Z-160414T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0006.160414T0400Z-160414T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...PENNSVILLE... GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY... JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT... PERKASIE 630 PM EDT WED APR 13 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ015-PAZ102-104-106-141200- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0003.160414T0400Z-160414T1200Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-MERCER-EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...TRENTON... WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE... MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 630 PM EDT WED APR 13 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. * TIMING...BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 3:19 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 4 days | |
| Apr 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Mercer | 13 hr |
| Apr 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 9 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 2016Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Every frost 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.