Alert archive / New Jersey / Frost Advisories in 2016
Frost Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Apr 20, 2016, 3:10 PM EDT for 7 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 21, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2016, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2016, 7:51 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
118 WWUS71 KPHI 201910 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 310 PM EDT WED APR 20 2016 NJZ001-007>009-020-022-027-210900- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.160421T0700Z-160421T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST 310 PM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...A SMALL PORTION OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA INTO FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE TYPICALLY COLD SPOTS OF OCEAN BURLINGTON AND ATLANTIC COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW JERSEY. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS 30 TO 35 IN PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES NEAR 6 AM THURSDAY. * TIMING...TEMPERATURES RISE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNRISE SO THAT ANY RISK OF FROST IS PROBABLY ENDED BY AROUND 7AM OR SHORTLY AFTER. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
105 WWUS71 KPHI 210011 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 811 PM EDT WED APR 20 2016 NJZ001-007>009-020-022-027-211000- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.160421T0700Z-160421T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST 811 PM EDT WED APR 20 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY... * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO 30 TO 35 DEGREES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR GARDENING INTERESTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$
878 WWUS71 KPHI 210744 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 344 AM EDT THU APR 21 2016 NJZ001-007>009-020-022-027-211200- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160421T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST 344 AM EDT THU APR 21 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR GARDENING INTERESTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA SHOULD PROTECT SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$ SFJ
599 WWUS71 KPHI 211151 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 751 AM EDT THU APR 21 2016 NJZ001-007>009-020-022-027-211300- /O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-160421T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...JACKSON...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST 751 AM EDT THU APR 21 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. AREAS OF FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 DEGREES OCCURRED EARLIER THIS MORNING ACROSS NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND PARTS OF COASTAL EASTERN NEW JERSEY. A VERY RAPID WARMUP IS IN PROGRESS UNDER SUNNY SKIES. HIGHS WILL BE 70 AND 75 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. $$ DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 3:19 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 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.