Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Freeze Warnings in 2008
Freeze Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Oct 6, 2008, 5:13 AM EDT for Sussex County, New Jersey; Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 7, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 6, 2008, 5:13 AM EDT (09:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 09:19 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, 9.2 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
- 987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 060913 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 513 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...VERY COLD AIR TO MOVE IN AS COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER REGION... .FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE OF THE SEASON TONIGHT... NJZ001-PAZ054-055-061715- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.081007T0600Z-081007T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 513 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH OF OCTOBER BRIEFLY REACHED 32 OR BELOW OVER A SMALL PART OF THE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP TO FREEZE AND BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS. CLOUDS WILL PUSH SOUTH TODAY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS THIS MORNING, THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER SUNSET THE SKIES WILL BE CLEAR, THE WINDS LIGHT AND IDEAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. EVEN LOWER TEMPERATURES MAY BE THE CASE AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-061715- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.081007T0600Z-081007T1200Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 513 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. CLOUDS WILL PUSH SOUTH TODAY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS THIS MORNING, THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER SUNSET THE SKIES WILL BE CLEAR, THE WINDS LIGHT AND IDEAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES IN AND AROUND THE BIGGER CITIES WILL PROBABLY BE BETWEEN 35 AND 40, BUT THE OUTLYING AREAS ARE LIKELY TO SEE FROSTY CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS, AND EVEN SOME TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ EBERWINE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS71 KPHI 060922 CCA NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 517 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE AND FROST FOR PARTS OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT... .VERY COLD AIR TO MOVE IN AS COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER REGION TONIGHT. THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY LIKELY TO SEE A WIDESPREAD FREEZE WHILE THE NORTHERN PARTS OF COUNTIES JUST TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE FROSTY CONDITIONS. NJZ001-PAZ054-055-061745- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.081007T0600Z-081007T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 517 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ON THE THIRD AND FOURTH OF OCTOBER BRIEFLY REACHED 32 OR BELOW OVER A SMALL PART OF THE COUNTIES. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP TO FREEZE AND BELOW FOR SEVERAL HOURS. CLOUDS WILL PUSH SOUTH TODAY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS THIS MORNING, THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER SUNSET THE SKIES WILL BE CLEAR, THE WINDS LIGHT AND IDEAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING. EVEN LOWER TEMPERATURES MAY BE THE CASE AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-061745- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.081007T0600Z-081007T1200Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 517 AM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. CLOUDS WILL PUSH SOUTH TODAY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWERS THIS MORNING, THEN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER SUNSET THE SKIES WILL BE CLEAR, THE WINDS LIGHT AND IDEAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE LOW AND MID 30S ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTIES. TEMPERATURES IN AND AROUND THE BIGGER CITIES WILL PROBABLY BE BETWEEN 35 AND 40, BUT THE OUTLYING AREAS ARE LIKELY TO SEE FROSTY CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. SIMILAR CONDITIONS, AND EVEN SOME TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING ARE POSSIBLE EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ EBERWINE
000 WWUS71 KPHI 061855 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 255 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE AND FROST TONIGHT... .VERY COLD AIR WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL AFFECT THE AREA. THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY LIKELY TO SEE A WIDESPREAD FREEZE WHILE THE NORTHERN PARTS OF COUNTIES JUST TO THE SOUTH WILL SEE FROSTY CONDITIONS. NJZ001-PAZ054-055-071200- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.081007T0600Z-081007T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 255 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR TONIGHT AND WITH LIGHT WINDS, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30 TO 35 DEGREE RANGE OVERNIGHT. WHILE COLD TEMPERATURES WERE ACROSS THE REGION THIS PAST WEEKEND, IT ONLY AFFECTED SMALL PARTS OF THE AREA FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. TONIGHTS LOWS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON MAY OCCUR OVER THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-071200- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.081007T0600Z-081007T1200Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 255 PM EDT MON OCT 6 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR TONIGHT AND WITH LIGHT WINDS, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 30S OVERNIGHT. WHILE COLD TEMPERATURES WERE ACROSS THE REGION THIS PAST WEEKEND, IT ONLY AFFECTED SMALL PARTS OF THE AREA FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. TONIGHTS LOWS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND LAST FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. PATCHY TO WIDESPREAD FROST MAY OCCUR TONIGHT. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ PO
000 WWUS71 KPHI 071215 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 815 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-071315- /O.EXP.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-081007T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 815 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE FREEZE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE REPORTED OVERNIGHT. $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-071315- /O.EXP.KPHI.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-081007T1200Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 815 AM EDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE FROST ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WIDESPREAD FROST CAN BE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. $$ RPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 5:13 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Morris, Warren | 27 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2008Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Every freeze warning in 2008
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.