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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Apr 16, 2016, 3:29 PM EDT for 16 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Apr 17, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2016, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 17, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 21 counties
Sussex County, DE, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer 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, Bucks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 45 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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
752 WWUS71 KPHI 161929 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 329 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 DEZ003-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-027-PAZ061-062-103>106- 171200- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.160417T0600Z-160417T1200Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...NEWTON...WASHINGTON... MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD... TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 329 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW TO MID 30S EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
194 WWUS71 KPHI 171204 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 804 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2016 DEZ003-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-027-PAZ061-062-103>106- 171315- /O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160417T1200Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...NEWTON...WASHINGTON... MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD... TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 804 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN WELL ABOVE 40 DEGREES AND ANY FROST SHOULD HAVE MELTED. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH THE DAY INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:21 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean | 10 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 2016Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Frost Advisories in Delaware, 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.