Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Wind Chill Watches in 2016
Wind Chill Watch 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind chill watch at Feb 11, 2016, 2:15 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It took effect at Feb 13, 2016, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2016, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2016, 3:42 AM EST
- In force
- 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 19:12 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1149 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
270 WWUS41 KPHI 111915 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 215 PM EST THU FEB 11 2016 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS WEEKEND... NJZ001-PAZ054-055-121000- /O.NEW.KPHI.WC.A.0001.160213T2300Z-160214T1400Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 215 PM EST THU FEB 11 2016 ...WIND CHILL WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...DROPPING TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILL VALUES POTENTIALLY REACHING DANGEROUS LEVELS. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW WIND CHILLS AND FRIGID AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN FROZEN PIPES, FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. * TEMPERATURES...5 TO 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF BITTERLY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. && $$ GORSE
1 follow-up statement
177 WWUS41 KPHI 120842 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 342 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS WEEKEND... NJZ001-PAZ054-055-122145- /O.UPG.KPHI.WC.A.0001.160213T2300Z-160214T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.WC.W.0001.160213T1100Z-160214T1800Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 342 AM EST FRI FEB 12 2016 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL BEGIN TO DROP TO DANGEROUS LEVELS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND REMAIN LOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOWEST WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS...THE POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. * WIND CHILL VALUES...AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM 10 BELOW TO 15 ABOVE ZERO. * IMPACTS...WIND CHILL VALUES POTENTIALLY REACHING DANGEROUS LEVELS. THE COMBINATION OF VERY LOW WIND CHILLS AND FRIGID AIR TEMPERATURES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN FROZEN PIPES... FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 6:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 55 min |
| Feb 11, 9:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 51 min |
| Feb 11, 10:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 52 min |
| Feb 11, 12:58 PM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 15 hr |
Nearby
Wind Chill Watches in Pennsylvania, 2016Wind Chill Watches in New Jersey, 2016Every wind chill watch 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.