Alert archive / Maryland / Freeze Warnings in 2005
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Nov 11, 2005, 2:54 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 12, 2005, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2005, 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 12, 2005, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2005, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1364 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS71 KPHI 111954 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 254 PM EST FRI NOV 11 2005 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-121200- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.051112T0600Z-051112T1200Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA 254 PM EST FRI NOV 11 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE FREEZE WARNING ARE... IN PENNSYLVANIA... PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE. IN NEW JERSEY... NORTHWEST BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, GLOUCESTER AND SALEM. IN MARYLAND... CECIL, KENT, QUEEN ANNES, TALBOT AND CAROLINE. IN DELAWARE... NEW CASTLE, KENT AND SUSSEX. THERE WILL BE SOME AREAS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE WILL NOT REACH THE FREEZING MARK, FOR INSTANCES WITHIN THE HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS, BUT THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD FROST THERE. ELSEWHERE, ESPECIALLY THE INTERIOR SECTIONS AWAY FROM ANY BODIES OF WATER, THE TEMPERATURE COULD FALL INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE DAWN. THE CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL DECREASE AND THE WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY REMAINING GARDEN PLANTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAVE, BE SURE TO COVER THEM FOR TONIGHT. ALSO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRING ANY POTTED PLANTS INDOORS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ EBERWINE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 120721 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 221 AM EST SAT NOV 12 2005 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-121300- /O.EXT.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051112T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA 221 AM EST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE FREEZE WARNING ARE... IN PENNSYLVANIA... PHILADELPHIA AND DELAWARE. IN NEW JERSEY... NORTHWEST BURLINGTON... CAMDEN... GLOUCESTER AND SALEM. IN MARYLAND... CECIL... KENT... QUEEN ANNES... TALBOT AND CAROLINE. IN DELAWARE... NEW CASTLE... KENT AND SUSSEX. TEMPERATURES AWAY FROM URBAN AREAS WILL BE BELOW FREEZING THROUGH DAYBREAK, THEN RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY AROUND 8 AM. FROST IN URBAN AREAS ALSO CAN BE EXPECTED TO LINGER UNTIL AROUND 8 AM. THE FREEZE WARNING THEREFORE HAS BEEN EXTENDED SLIGHTLY. ANY MEASURES TO SAVE PLANTS FROM THE FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALREADY HAVE BEEN TAKEN. $$ MPD
000 WWUS71 KPHI 121309 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 809 AM EST SAT NOV 12 2005 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>019-PAZ070-071-121415- /O.EXP.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051112T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-QUEEN ANNES- TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA 809 AM EST SAT NOV 12 2005 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ KRUZDLO
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2005Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2005Freeze Warnings in Delaware, 2005Every freeze warning in 2005
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.