Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 2, NWS State College, PA
NWS State College, PA issued this freeze warning at Mar 29, 2012, 2:17 PM EDT for 11 counties in Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 30, 2012, 3:00 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
- Mar 29, 2012, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2012, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS State College, PA
Counties Adams County, PA, Bedford County, PA, Cumberland County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Franklin County, PA, Fulton County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Perry County, PA, Somerset County, PA, York County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
701 WWUS71 KCTP 291817 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 217 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 .A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE TONIGHT... BRINGING CLEARING SKIES...DIMINISHING WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PAZ033>036-056-057-059-063>066-300230- /O.UPG.KCTP.FZ.A.0002.120330T0700Z-120330T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KCTP.FZ.W.0002.120330T0700Z-120330T1300Z/ SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...LEBANON... CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 217 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STATE COLLEGE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 30S. TEMPERATURES MAY DIP TO THE UPPER 20S IN OUTLYING AREAS...BUT HOLD IN THE MID 30S IN THE CITIES. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ANY TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR GARDENING INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$ DANGELO
3 follow-up statements
002 WWUS71 KCTP 300203 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 1003 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 .A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE STATE TONIGHT... BRINGING CLEARING SKIES...DIMINISHING WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES. PAZ033>036-056-057-059-063>066-301300- /O.CON.KCTP.FZ.W.0002.120330T0700Z-120330T1300Z/ SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...LEBANON... CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 1003 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES...LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 30S. TEMPERATURES MAY DIP TO THE UPPER 20S IN OUTLYING AREAS...BUT HOLD IN THE MID 30S IN THE CITIES. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ANY TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR GARDENING INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$
416 WWUS71 KCTP 300748 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 348 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 .A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS THE STATE EARLY TODAY...BRINGING MAINLY CLEAR SKIES...LIGHT WINDS...AND COLD TEMPERATURES JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. PAZ033>036-056-057-059-063>066-301300- /O.CON.KCTP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120330T1300Z/ SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...LEBANON... CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 348 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...LOWS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER 30S. TEMPERATURES MAY DIP TO THE UPPER 20S IN OUTLYING AREAS...BUT HOLD IN THE MID 30S IN THE CITIES. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ANY TENDER VEGETATION COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO THREATEN OUTDOOR PLANTS. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL OR GARDENING INTERESTS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE. && $$ LAMBERT/RADZANOWSKI
519 WWUS71 KCTP 301303 NPWCTP URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 903 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 PAZ033>036-056-057-059-063>066-301415- /O.EXP.KCTP.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120330T1300Z/ SOMERSET-BEDFORD-FULTON-FRANKLIN-PERRY-DAUPHIN-LEBANON-CUMBERLAND- ADAMS-YORK-LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...BEDFORD...MCCONNELLSBURG... CHAMBERSBURG...NEWPORT...HARRISBURG...HERSHEY...LEBANON... CARLISLE...GETTYSBURG...YORK...LANCASTER 903 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES HAVE REBOUNDED ABOVE FREEZING AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE INTO THE 50S TODAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS State College, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 5:34 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | CTP | Adams, Bedford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton and 5 more | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.