Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Frost Advisories in 2017

Frost Advisory 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 3, 20174 counties in Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at May 3, 2017, 2:58 PM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It took effect at May 4, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2017, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2017, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 4, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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 202 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 2017-05-03Temperature 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 2017-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -90 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

585 
WWUS71 KPHI 031858
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
258 PM EDT Wed May 3 2017

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-040700-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0001.170504T0700Z-170504T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Carbon-Monroe-Lehigh-Northampton-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Jim Thorpe, 
Stroudsburg, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton
258 PM EDT Wed May 3 2017

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT THURSDAY...

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a Frost
Advisory, which is in effect from 3 AM to 8 AM EDT Thursday.

* LOCATION...southern Poconos and Lehigh Valley in northeastern
  Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey.

* TEMPERATURES...mid 30s.

* TIMING...Areas of frost will develop early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could damage cold-sensitive outdoor vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that areas of frost is expected. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$
JRK
3 follow-up statements
315 
WWUS71 KPHI 040410
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1210 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-041200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0001.170504T0700Z-170504T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Carbon-Monroe-Lehigh-Northampton-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Jim Thorpe, 
Stroudsburg, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton
1210 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS 
MORNING...

* LOCATION...southern Poconos and Lehigh Valley in northeastern 
  Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey.

* TEMPERATURES...Mid 30s.

* TIMING...Areas of frost will develop early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could damage cold-sensitive outdoor vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that areas of frost is expected. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

&&

$$
656 
WWUS71 KPHI 040738
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
338 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-041200-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170504T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Carbon-Monroe-Lehigh-Northampton-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Jim Thorpe, 
Stroudsburg, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton
338 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS 
MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...Northwestern New Jersey, and the Poconos and the 
  Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania.

* TEMPERATURES...Dropping into the middle 30s.

* TIMING...Areas of frost will develop early this morning.

* IMPACTS...The frost could damage sensitive outdoor vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Frost Advisory means that areas of frost are expected. 
Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left outdoors and 
unprotected.

&&

$$

Iovino
570 
WWUS71 KPHI 041148
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
748 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017


NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-061-062-041300-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-170504T1200Z/
Sussex-Warren-Carbon-Monroe-Lehigh-Northampton-
Including the cities of Newton, Washington, Jim Thorpe, 
Stroudsburg, Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton
748 AM EDT Thu May 4 2017

...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures across the advisory area are now in the 40s, so the
frost advisory will be allowed to expire at 8 AM.

$$

SFJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 7:58 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI4 days

Nearby

Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2017Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 2017Every frost advisory in 2017

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.