Alert archive / New Jersey / Ice Storm Warnings in 2009
Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this ice storm warning at Jan 6, 2009, 8:55 PM EST for 5 counties in New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 19 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2009, 8:55 PM EST (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2009, 3:26 PM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 12:00 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Albrightsville, PA | SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES REPORTED COUNTYWIDE DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH. |
| Jan 7, 12:00 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | Saylorsburg, PA | LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE SAYLORSBURG AREA DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH. POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. |
| Jan 7, 2:00 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | High Point, NJ | IN THE HIGH POINT TO WANTAGE AREAS, ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH COATED ALL SURFACES, WHICH RESULTED IN VERY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. THE AIR TEMPERATURE NEVER GOT ABOVE FREEZING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KPHI 070155 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 855 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-071000- /O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.IS.W.0001.090107T0155Z-090107T1500Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 855 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND ITS CENTER SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AT THAT TIME. BOTH LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD UP INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING MAINLY FROM THE MIDDLE 20S TO THE LOWER 30S, AND WITH WARM AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES IN OUR REGION, CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING AT MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER, SOME POCKETS OF COLD AIR MAY LINGER INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE POCONO REGION AND IN SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND INTO PART OF WEDNESDAY IN MUCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE POCONO REGION AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE POCONOS AND IN FAR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WHERE THE COLD AIR IS FORECAST TO REMAIN THE LONGEST. $$ NJZ009-010-PAZ060-067>069-071000- /O.CAN.KPHI.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.IS.W.0001.090107T0155Z-090107T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 855 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM ON WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND ITS CENTER SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AT THAT TIME. BOTH LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD UP INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S, AND WITH WARM AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. DURING THE NIGHT, WARM AIR WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK TOWARD MORNING, CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. HOWEVER, SOME LOCATIONS IN BERKS COUNTY, UPPER MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UPPER BUCKS COUNTY, AND IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF HUNTERDON COUNTY AND SOMERSET COUNTY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 78 CORRIDOR, COULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. AFTER DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY, ALMOST ALL LOCATIONS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS, AND IN THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF OUR REGION. $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ013-016>019-PAZ070-071-071000- /O.EXB.KPHI.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1000Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN... FREEHOLD...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL... MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 855 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM ON WEDNESDAY. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND ITS CENTER SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AT THAT TIME. BOTH LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD UP INTO OUR REGION THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S, AND WITH WARM AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. OVERNIGHT, WARM AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE, CHANGING ANY FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN BY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE HAZARDOUS IN PARTS OF OUR REGION OVERNIGHT. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ NJZ012-015-071000- /O.EXT.KPHI.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1000Z/ MIDDLESEX-MERCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON 855 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM ON WEDNESDAY. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND ITS CENTER SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AT THAT TIME. BOTH LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD UP INTO OUR REGION THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S, AND WITH WARM AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. OVERNIGHT, WARM AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE, CHANGING ANY FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN BY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE HAZARDOUS IN PARTS OF OUR REGION OVERNIGHT. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ IOVINO
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KPHI 070345 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1045 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-071000- /O.CON.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1500Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1045 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM ON WEDNESDAY. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND ITS CENTER SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AT THAT TIME. BOTH LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD UP INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING MAINLY FROM THE MIDDLE 20S TO THE LOWER 30S, AND WITH WARM AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, THE PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES IN OUR REGION, CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING AT MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER, SOME POCKETS OF COLD AIR MAY LINGER INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE POCONO REGION AND IN SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT AND INTO PART OF WEDNESDAY IN MUCH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE POCONO REGION AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE POCONOS AND IN FAR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WHERE THE COLD AIR IS FORECAST TO REMAIN THE LONGEST. $$ NJZ009-010-PAZ060-067>069-071000- /O.CON.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 1045 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST WEDNESDAY... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM ON WEDNESDAY. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND ITS CENTER SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AT THAT TIME. BOTH LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD UP INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S, AND WITH WARM AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, THE PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. DURING THE NIGHT, WARM AIR WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK TOWARD MORNING CHANGING THE FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. HOWEVER, SOME LOCATIONS IN BERKS COUNTY, UPPER MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UPPER BUCKS COUNTY, AND IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF HUNTERDON COUNTY AND SOMERSET COUNTY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 78 CORRIDOR, COULD REMAIN BELOW FREEZING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNINGS COMMUTE. UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. AFTER DAYBREAK ON WEDNESDAY, ALMOST ALL LOCATIONS IN THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS, AND IN THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE QUITE HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. ICE WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ICE WILL ALSO ACCUMULATE ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF OUR REGION. $$ DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ012-013-015>019-PAZ070-071-071000- /O.CON.KPHI.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1000Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA 1045 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM ON WEDNESDAY. A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THIS EVENING. THE LOW WILL BUILD TO THE EAST AND NORTH AND ITS CENTER SHOULD BECOME BETTER DEFINED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION ON WEDNESDAY. A SECONDARY LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AT THAT TIME. BOTH LOWS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD, REACHING ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WAS CONTINUING TO SPREAD UP INTO OUR REGION THIS EVENING. WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING MAINLY IN THE LOWER 30S, AND WITH WARM AIR BUILDING OVERHEAD, THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF OUR REGION. OVERNIGHT, WARM AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE, CHANGING ANY FREEZING RAIN TO RAIN BY MORNING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE HAZARDOUS IN PARTS OF OUR REGION OVERNIGHT. ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ IOVINO
000 WWUS41 KPHI 070825 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 325 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ012-013-015>019-PAZ070-071-070930- /O.CAN.KPHI.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1000Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-KENT MD-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN... NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA 325 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. BY 300 AM, TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN INTO THE MID 30S THROUGHOUT THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY, REACHING THE LOWER 40S THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT, THERE IS NO LONGER A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN. $$ NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-071500- /O.CON.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1500Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 325 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM. LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY DURING THE NIGHT. A SECOND LOW WAS DEVELOPING OFF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST. BOTH SYSTEMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THEY SHOULD MERGE OVER ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN FELL DURING THE NIGHT, AND ICE ACCUMULATED ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS, AS WELL AS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE. TEMPERATURES ARE THEN FORECAST TO BEGIN RISING ABOVE 32 DEGREES, AND THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. HOWEVER, SOME POCKETS OF COLD AIR MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE POCONO REGION AND IN SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS, SOME LOCATIONS COULD PICK UP A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. ICE WILL REMAIN ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE ICE MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES, POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. $$ NJZ009-010-PAZ060-067>069-071300- /O.CON.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 325 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM. LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY DURING THE NIGHT. A SECOND LOW WAS DEVELOPING OFF THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST. BOTH SYSTEMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT AND THEY SHOULD MERGE OVER ATLANTIC CANADA ON THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN FELL DURING THE NIGHT, AND ICE ACCUMULATED ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS, AS WELL AS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 30S EARLY THIS MORNING. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE IN PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES WILL BE RISING ABOVE 32 DEGREES IN THE REGION AND ANY FREEZING RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID MORNING. BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS, SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO A QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. ICE WILL REMAIN ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE ICE MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES, POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. $$ IOVINO
000 WWUS41 KPHI 071259 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 759 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 NJZ009-010-PAZ060-067>069-071400- /O.EXP.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 759 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EST THIS MORNING. CALLS TO COUNTY 911 CENTERS THIS MORNING CONFIRM THAT ICING ON ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH SOME PATCHY RESIDUAL ICING OF METAL OBJECTS MAY OCCUR INTO MID- MORNING...THE THREAT DUE TO FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED. $$ NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-071500- /O.CON.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1500Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 759 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... AN ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN FELL DURING THE NIGHT...AND ICE ACCUMULATED ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS...AS WELL AS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE LOWER 30S THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE. TEMPERATURES ARE THEN FORECAST TO BEGIN RISING ABOVE 32 DEGREES... AND THE FREEZING RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN BY LATE MORNING. HOWEVER... SOME POCKETS OF COLD AIR MAY LINGER INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON IN THE POCONO REGION AND IN SUSSEX COUNTY... NEW JERSEY. BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS... SOME LOCATIONS COULD PICK UP A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. ICE WILL REMAIN ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE ICE MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES... POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 071459 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 959 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 NJZ007-008-PAZ061-062-071600- /O.EXP.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T1500Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON 959 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE ICE STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. CALLS TO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICES CONFIRM THAT ICING ON ROADWAYS AND POWER LINES IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM. SOME RESIDUAL ICING OF METAL OBJECTS MAY OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT THE THREAT DUE TO ICING HAS ENDED. $$ NJZ001-PAZ054-055-072200- /O.EXT.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T2200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 959 AM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT THAT ICING CONTINUED TO BE A PROBLEM FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF CARBON...MONROE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES. ICING WAS LESS OF A PROBLEM OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. GIVEN THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE TRENDS...THE ICING PROBLEM MAY WELL LINGER WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. BY THE TIME THE FREEZING RAIN ENDS... SOME LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...COULD PICK UP A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS. ICE WILL REMAIN ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS UNTIL THE TEMPERATURE RISES ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE ICE MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES...POSSIBLY CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. $$
000 WWUS41 KPHI 072026 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 326 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-072130- /O.CAN.KPHI.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090107T2200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 326 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009 ...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE ICE STORM WARNING. THE LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWED THAT THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. WHILE THERE COULD STILL BE SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS, NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER, PEOPLE SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING, AS ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WERE ICE COVERED AND TREACHEROUS. $$ NIERENBERG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 5:02 AM EST | Gale Warning | PHI | 40 hr | |
| Jan 7, 8:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:32 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 8 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.