Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Chill Advisories in 2016
Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 4, 2016, 6:30 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2016, 6:30 PM EST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2016, 9:01 AM EST
- In force
- 15 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 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
990 WWUS41 KPHI 042330 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 630 PM EST MON JAN 4 2016 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-051130- /O.NEW.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.160104T2330Z-160105T1400Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 630 PM EST MON JAN 4 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ENHANCED RISK OF FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA IF VENTURING OUTDOORS AND PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THIS RISK INCLUDES CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL OR WAITING AT THE BUS STOP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING, DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...NEAR ZERO TO 10 ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ JRK
2 follow-up statements
097 WWUS41 KPHI 050846 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 346 AM EST TUE JAN 5 2016 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-051400- /O.CON.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160105T1400Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 346 AM EST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. * WIND CHILLS...AS LOW AS 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ENHANCED RISK OF FROST BITE OR HYPOTHERMIA IF VENTURING OUTDOORS AND PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THIS RISK INCLUDES CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL OR WAITING AT THE BUS STOP FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...2 TO 8 ABOVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
065 WWUS41 KPHI 051401 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 901 AM EST TUE JAN 5 2016 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-051515- /O.CAN.KPHI.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160105T1400Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 901 AM EST TUE JAN 5 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE BETWEEN ZERO AND TEN BELOW ZERO THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON. FIFTEEN BELOW ZERO IS NEEDED FOR A WIND CHILL ADVISORY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:25 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 23 hr |
Nearby
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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.