Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Frost Advisories in 2016
Frost Advisory 8, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 15, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT for Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It took effect at May 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2016, 2:59 PM EDT (18:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 16, 2016, 7:48 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
560 WWUS71 KPHI 151859 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 259 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 PAZ054-055-160900- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0006.160516T0500Z-160516T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0007.160516T0400Z-160516T1200Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 259 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES. * TIMING...THE COLDEST CONDITIONS SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE FEW HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-160900- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0008.160516T0800Z-160516T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 259 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 35 DEGREES, WITH SOME LOCALLY COLDER SPOTS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...THE COLDEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE FEW HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
209 WWUS71 KPHI 160734 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 334 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 PAZ054-055-161200- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160516T1200Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 334 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES. * TIMING...THE COLDEST CONDITIONS SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE FEW HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...UNPROTECTED SENSITIVE PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-161200- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0008.160516T0800Z-160516T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 334 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...THE COLDEST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE FEW HOURS PRIOR TO SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
178 WWUS71 KPHI 161148 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 748 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 PAZ054-055-161300- /O.CAN.KPHI.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160516T1200Z/ CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 748 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE AND THEREFORE THE FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ NJZ001-007-PAZ060>062-161300- /O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-160516T1200Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 748 AM EDT MON MAY 16 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FROST ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE QUICKLY INCREASED AND THEREFORE THE FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 17 hr |
| May 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Northampton | 35 min |
| May 15, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Passaic | 16 min |
Nearby
Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Frost 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.