Alert archive / New Jersey / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 13, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Nov 4, 2012, 2:56 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 5, 2012, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2012, 2:56 PM EST (19:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2012, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2012, 3:26 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Delaware County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1243 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305 WWUS71 KPHI 041956 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 256 PM EST SUN NOV 4 2012 DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ013-016>023-027-PAZ070-071- 051300- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0009.121105T0800Z-121105T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0013.121105T0800Z-121105T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...FREEHOLD... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA 256 PM EST SUN NOV 4 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EST MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 29 TO 32 DEGREE RANGE. * TIMING...DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AND HEAT... PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY... THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ SZATKOWSKI
1 follow-up statement
962 WWUS71 KPHI 050826 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 326 AM EST MON NOV 5 2012 DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ013-016>023-027-PAZ070-071- 050930- /O.CAN.KPHI.FZ.W.0013.000000T0000Z-121105T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...FREEHOLD... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA 326 AM EST MON NOV 5 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. THE OVERCAST SKIES HAVE NOT PERMITTED EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ HEAVENER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 4:02 AM EST | Freeze Watch | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 11 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2012Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2012Freeze Warnings in Delaware, 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.