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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

January 4, 2016Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -98 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 4, 8:25 AM ESTGale WarningPHI23 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Wind Chill Advisories in New Jersey, 2016Every wind chill 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.