Alert archive / New Jersey / Freeze Warnings in 2011
Freeze Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Oct 27, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT for Hunterdon County, Somerset County, New Jersey; Berks County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Oct 28, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 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 27, 2011, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2011, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 WWUS71 KPHI 271830 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 230 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011 PAZ060-067>069-281200- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0001.111028T0900Z-111028T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.111028T0800Z-111028T1200Z/ BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...READING...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN... DOYLESTOWN 230 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 400 AM UNTIL 800 AM FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS. * HAZARDS...A PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT RURAL LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES AT RURAL LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE HOURS JUST BEFORE AND AROUND DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS THAT REMAIN OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS WILL HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE, BRING ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ NJZ009-010-281200- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.111028T0800Z-111028T1200Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE 230 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT FROM 400 AM UNTIL 800 AM FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET. * HAZARDS...A PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT RURAL LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES AT RURAL LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTIES. * TIMING...THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE HOURS JUST BEFORE AND AROUND DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS THAT REMAIN OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS WILL HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE, BRING ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ IOVINO
2 follow-up statements
530 WWUS71 KPHI 280050 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 850 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011 NJZ009-010-PAZ060-067>069-281200- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.111028T0800Z-111028T1200Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 850 PM EDT THU OCT 27 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES OF BERKS, CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS, AND THE NEW JERSEY COUNTIES OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET. * HAZARDS...A PERIOD OF BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT RURAL LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTIES. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES AT RURAL LOCATIONS. * TIMING...THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE HOURS JUST BEFORE AND AROUND DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...THE BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS THAT REMAIN OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS WILL HARM SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE, BRING ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS INDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ IOVINO
861 WWUS71 KPHI 281157 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 757 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 NJZ009-010-PAZ060-067>069-281300- /O.EXP.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-111028T1200Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...READING... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 757 AM EDT FRI OCT 28 2011 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE FREEZE WARNING FOR THE COUNTIES OF BERKS, CHESTER, MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND FOR HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET IN NEW JERSEY, WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 AM. $$ KRUZDLO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 4:26 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 32 hr | |
| Oct 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 4 hr |
| Oct 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 25 hr |
| Oct 27, 4:22 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Berks | 10 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2011Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2011Every freeze warning in 2011
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.