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Dense Fog Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 3, 20214 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this dense fog advisory at Oct 3, 2021, 3:33 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Oct 3, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2021, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2021, 4:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 3, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Kent County, MD, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-10-03Temperature 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 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.

908 
WWUS71 KPHI 030733
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
333 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

PAZ070-101>106-031400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FG.Y.0006.211003T0800Z-211003T1400Z/
Delaware-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-
Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Media, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester,
Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, 
Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
333 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Visibility near or below one quarter mile in dense fog.

* WHERE...Delaware, Western Chester, Eastern Chester, Western 
  Montgomery, Eastern Montgomery, Upper Bucks and Lower Bucks.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$

Johnson
2 follow-up statements
712 
WWUS71 KPHI 030907
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
507 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

DEZ001-MDZ012-NJZ016-017-031400-
/O.EXA.KPHI.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211003T1400Z/
New Castle-Kent MD-Salem-Gloucester-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Chestertown, Pennsville, 
and Glassboro
507 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Visibility near or below one quarter mile in dense fog.

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Salem and Gloucester. In Maryland, Kent 
  MD. In Delaware, New Castle.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$

PAZ070-101>106-031400-
/O.CON.KPHI.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211003T1400Z/
Delaware-Western Chester-Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-
Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Media, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester,
Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, 
Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
507 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Visibility near or below one quarter mile in dense fog.

* WHERE...Delaware, Eastern Montgomery, Upper Bucks, Lower 
  Bucks, Western Chester, Eastern Chester and Western Montgomery.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

$$
094 
WWUS71 KPHI 031351
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
951 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

DEZ001-MDZ012-NJZ016-017-PAZ070-101>106-031500-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FG.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-211003T1400Z/
New Castle-Kent MD-Salem-Gloucester-Delaware-Western Chester-
Eastern Chester-Western Montgomery-Eastern Montgomery-Upper Bucks-
Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Chestertown, Pennsville, 
Glassboro, Media, Honey Brook, Oxford, West Chester, 
Kennett Square, Collegeville, Pottstown, Norristown, Lansdale, 
Chalfont, Perkasie, Morrisville, and Doylestown
951 AM EDT Sun Oct 3 2021

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

The dense fog is lifting and dissipating across the region this
morning. While a few spots may remain denser than others,
visibilities have increased to greater than one quarter mile
through much of the region. Therefore, the dense fog advisory will
be allowed to expire. 

$$

Meola

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 5:08 AM EDTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryPHI5 hr

Nearby

Dense Fog Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2021Dense Fog Advisories in New Jersey, 2021Dense Fog Advisories in Delaware, 2021Every dense fog advisory in 2021

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.