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Frost Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

October 19, 20224 states

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this frost advisory at Oct 19, 2022, 1:26 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Oct 20, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2022, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 20, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 20, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 193 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-10-19Temperature 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -58 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
97 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

532 
WWUS71 KPHI 191726
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
126 PM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022

DEZ001>003-MDZ012-015-020-NJZ012-013-015>019-021-PAZ070-104-106-
201015-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.221020T0400Z-221020T1300Z/
New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Caroline-
Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Cumberland-Delaware-Eastern Montgomery-
Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown, 
Chestertown, Centreville, Denton, New Brunswick, Freehold, 
Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, 
Mount Holly, Millville, Media, Norristown, Lansdale, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
126 PM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central, northern and southern Delaware, 
  northeast Maryland, central, northern and southern New Jersey 
  and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
674 
WWUS71 KPHI 200104
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
904 PM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022

DEZ001>003-MDZ012-015-020-NJZ012-013-015>019-021-PAZ070-104-106-
201300-
/O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0006.221020T0400Z-221020T1300Z/
New Castle-Kent-Inland Sussex-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Caroline-
Middlesex-Western Monmouth-Mercer-Salem-Gloucester-Camden-
Northwestern Burlington-Cumberland-Delaware-Eastern Montgomery-
Lower Bucks-
Including the cities of Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown, 
Chestertown, Centreville, Denton, New Brunswick, Freehold, 
Trenton, Pennsville, Glassboro, Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, 
Mount Holly, Millville, Media, Norristown, Lansdale, Morrisville,
and Doylestown
904 PM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central, northern and southern Delaware, 
  northeast Maryland, central, northern and southern New Jersey 
  and southeast Pennsylvania.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM EDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 1:26 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI15 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in New Jersey, 2022Frost Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2022Frost Advisories in Delaware, 2022Every frost advisory in 2022

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.