Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 10, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Apr 28, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, New Jersey. It took effect at Apr 29, 2012, 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
- Apr 28, 2012, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2012, 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 19:25 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 12:00Z, 7.3 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
- 1245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
414 WWUS71 KPHI 281919 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 319 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-290600- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0005.120429T0600Z-120429T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0010.120429T0600Z-120429T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 319 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOW TEMPERATURES...28 TO 32 DEGREES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FLOWERING FRUIT TREES AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL SUFFER DAMAGE IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-290600- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0005.120429T0600Z-120429T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0007.120429T0600Z-120429T1200Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 319 PM EDT SAT APR 28 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOW TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER UPPER 30S TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FLOWERING FRUIT TREES AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL SUFFER DAMAGE IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ RPW
2 follow-up statements
897 WWUS71 KPHI 290639 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 239 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-291200- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120429T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 239 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOW TEMPERATURES...28 TO 32 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...FLOWERING FRUIT TREES AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL SUFFER DAMAGE IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-291200- /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120429T1200Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 239 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * LOW TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER UPPER 30S. * IMPACTS...FLOWERING FRUIT TREES AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL SUFFER DAMAGE IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
603 WWUS71 KPHI 290800 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 400 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-292000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0006.120430T0600Z-120430T1200Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120429T1200Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 400 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOW TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20 TO LOW 30S THIS MORNING. MID TO UPPER 20S EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FLOWERING FRUIT TREES AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL SUFFER DAMAGE IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-292000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0006.120430T0600Z-120430T1200Z/ /O.CON.KPHI.FR.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-120429T1200Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 400 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOW TEMPERATURES...MID TO UPPER UPPER 30S THIS MORNING. UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FLOWERING FRUIT TREES AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL SUFFER DAMAGE IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ009-010-292000- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0006.120430T0600Z-120430T1200Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE 400 AM EDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...FLOWERING FRUIT TREES AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION WILL SUFFER DAMAGE IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 4:09 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 11 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:19 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Berks, Lehigh, Northampton | 17 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2012Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012
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.