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Winter Weather Advisory 11, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

February 26, 2021Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 26, 2021, 9:48 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 26, 2021, 11:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 26, 2021, 9:48 PM EST (02:48 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 26, 2021, 11:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 27, 2021, 9:00 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-27Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-02-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1489 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

160 
WWUS41 KPHI 270248
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
948 PM EST Fri Feb 26 2021


PAZ054-055-271400-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WW.Y.0011.210227T0400Z-210227T1400Z/
Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Jim Thorpe and Stroudsburg
948 PM EST Fri Feb 26 2021

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of
  up to two inches and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an
  inch.

* WHERE...Carbon and Monroe.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Slow down and use caution while traveling. 

The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can
be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

&&

$$

TD/SJ
2 follow-up statements
231 
WWUS41 KPHI 270922
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
422 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021

PAZ054-055-271400-
/O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-210227T1400Z/
Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Jim Thorpe and Stroudsburg
422 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation. Additional snow accumulations of 
  up to one inch and ice accumulations of a light glaze.

* WHERE...Carbon and Monroe.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EST this morning.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Slow down and use caution while traveling. 

The latest road conditions for the state you are calling from can
be obtained by calling 5 1 1.

&&

$$
241 
WWUS41 KPHI 271347
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
847 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021



PAZ054-055-271500-
/O.EXP.KPHI.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-210227T1400Z/
Carbon-Monroe-
Including the cities of Jim Thorpe and Stroudsburg
847 AM EST Sat Feb 27 2021

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...

Precipitation is moving out of the area and temperatures are
gradually rising so the Winter Weather Advisory will be allowed 
to expire at 9 AM. 

$$

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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.