Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Frost Advisories in 2018
Frost Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 13, 2018, 3:30 AM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It took effect at Oct 14, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2018, 3:30 AM EDT (07:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2018, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2018, 8:54 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 07:34 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 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 1354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
428 WWUS71 KPHI 130730 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 330 AM EDT Sat Oct 13 2018 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-132100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.181014T0600Z-181014T1300Z/ Sussex-Carbon-Monroe- Including the cities of Newton, Jim Thorpe, and Stroudsburg 330 AM EDT Sat Oct 13 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a Frost Advisory, which is in effect from 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Sunday. * TEMPERATURES...As low as 34. * TIMING...Late tonight into Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions may damage sensitive vegetation. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
3 follow-up statements
337 WWUS71 KPHI 131951 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 351 PM EDT Sat Oct 13 2018 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-141300- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.181014T0600Z-181014T1300Z/ Sussex-Carbon-Monroe- Including the cities of Newton, Jim Thorpe, and Stroudsburg 351 PM EDT Sat Oct 13 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SUNDAY... * TEMPERATURES...As low as 34. * TIMING...Late tonight into Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions may damage sensitive vegetation. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
662 WWUS71 KPHI 140808 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 408 AM EDT Sun Oct 14 2018 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-141300- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-181014T1300Z/ Sussex-Carbon-Monroe- Including the cities of Newton, Jim Thorpe, and Stroudsburg 408 AM EDT Sun Oct 14 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...As low as 34. * TIMING...Through this morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions may damage sensitive vegetation. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Frost Advisory means that widespread frost is expected. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered. && $$
192 WWUS71 KPHI 141254 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ 854 AM EDT Sun Oct 14 2018 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-141400- /O.CAN.KPHI.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-181014T1300Z/ Sussex-Carbon-Monroe- Including the cities of Newton, Jim Thorpe, and Stroudsburg 854 AM EDT Sun Oct 14 2018 ...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has cancelled the Frost Advisory. Temperatures continue to warm through the 40s. $$ MPS
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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.