Alert archive / New Jersey / Winter Weather Advisories in 2016
Winter Weather Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 17, 2016, 12:55 PM EST for 6 counties in New Jersey; Caroline County, Talbot County, Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2016, 12:55 PM EST (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 6:40 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
836 WWUS41 KPHI 171755 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1255 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 DEZ002>004-MDZ019-020-NJZ021>025-180000- /O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0002.160117T1755Z-160118T0000Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... EASTON...DENTON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY 1255 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE, AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED. * TEMPERATURES...DROPPING TO NEAR FREEZING. * VISIBILITIES...DROPPING DOWN TO AROUND 1 MILE WITH LOWER VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME WET AS SNOW FALLS WITH ACCUMULATIONS LARGELY OCCURRING ON NON-PAVED SURFACES. WET ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND MAY FREEZE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING OUR TRAINED SPOTTER LINE...POSTING TO THE NWS MOUNT HOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE...OR USING TWITTER @NWS_MOUNTHOLLY. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST EVENT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER && $$ MEOLA
3 follow-up statements
964 WWUS41 KPHI 171942 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 242 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 NJZ013-014-020-026-027-180000- /O.EXA.KPHI.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 242 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY, OCEAN COUNTY AND MONMOUTH COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPE...SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH OR TWO. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...DROPPING TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME WET WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION CONFINED TO UNPAVED SURFACES. THE WATER ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL FREEZE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING OUR WEATHER SPOTTER LINE, POSTING TO THE NWS MOUNT HOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE OR USING TWITTER @NWS_MOUNTHOLLY. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER. && $$ DEZ002>004-MDZ019-020-NJZ021>025-180000- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... EASTON...DENTON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE... OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY 242 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE MARYLAND COUNTIES OF TALBOT AND CAROLINE, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELAWARE, AND FAR SOUNTHERN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPE...SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 30S. * VISIBILITIES...DROPPING TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME WET WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION CONFINED TO UNPAVED SURFACES. THE WATER ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL FREEZE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL FURTHER BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING OUR WEATHER SPOTTER LINE, POSTING TO THE NWS MOUNT HOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE OR USING TWITTER @NWS_MOUNTHOLLY. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER. && $$ IOVINO
745 WWUS41 KPHI 172205 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 505 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 DEZ002>004-MDZ019-020-172315- /O.CAN.KPHI.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH... EASTON...DENTON 505 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MARYLAND COUNTIES OF TALBOT AND CAROLINE AND FOR THE DELAWARE COUNTIES OF KENT AND SUSSEX. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED IN THOSE AREAS. $$ NJZ013-014-020>027-180000- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON... MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 505 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPE...SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO AN INCH OR TWO. * TIMING...THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...GENERALLY AROUND 30 DEGREES. * VISIBILITIES...DROPPING TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL BECOME WET WITH MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION CONFINED TO UNPAVED SURFACES. THE WATER ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL FREEZE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING OUR WEATHER SPOTTER LINE, POSTING TO THE NWS MOUNT HOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE OR USING TWITTER @NWS_MOUNTHOLLY. SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER. && $$ IOVINO
192 WWUS41 KPHI 172340 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 640 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 NJZ013-014-020>027-180045- /O.CAN.KPHI.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0000Z/ WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...JACKSON... MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST 640 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ IOVINO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:38 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 3 days | |
| Jan 17, 3:38 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 12 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:13 PM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 13 hr |
Nearby
Winter Weather Advisories in New Jersey, 2016Winter Weather Advisories in Maryland, 2016Winter Weather Advisories in Delaware, 2016Every winter weather 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.