Alert archive / New Jersey / Freeze Warnings in 2012
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Mar 29, 2012, 3:29 AM EDT for 6 counties in New Jersey; Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, 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, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 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 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871 WWUS71 KPHI 290729 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 329 AM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 NJZ009-020>022-027-PAZ060>062-067>069-292030- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.120330T0700Z-120330T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...JACKSON...MILLVILLE... HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 329 AM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...WITH SOME UPPER 20S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS LIKE THE PINE BARRENS IN NEW JERSEY. * IMPACTS...DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY WARM WINTER AND EARLY SPRING... THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN AROUND THE REGION. ANY VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER A PERIOD OF THREE OR MORE HOURS WOULD BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
235 WWUS71 KPHI 291919 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 319 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 NJZ010-301300- /O.EXA.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.120330T0700Z-120330T1300Z/ SOMERSET- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SOMERVILLE 319 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY WARM WINTER AND EARLY SPRING... THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN AROUND THE REGION. ANY VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER A PERIOD OF THREE OR MORE HOURS WOULD BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE BRING TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION INDOORS AND PROVIDE PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR OTHERS. && $$ NJZ009-020>022-027-PAZ060>062-067>069-301300- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.120330T0700Z-120330T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...JACKSON...MILLVILLE... HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 319 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...WITH SOME UPPER 20S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS LIKE THE PINE BARRENS IN NEW JERSEY. * IMPACTS...DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY WARM WINTER AND EARLY SPRING... THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN AROUND THE REGION. ANY VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER A PERIOD OF THREE OR MORE HOURS WOULD BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE BRING TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION INDOORS AND PROVIDE PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR OTHERS. && $$
544 WWUS71 KPHI 300129 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 929 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 NJZ009-010-020>022-027-PAZ060>062-067>069-301300- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.120330T0700Z-120330T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JACKSON... MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN... DOYLESTOWN 929 PM EDT THU MAR 29 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S WITH SOME UPPER 20S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE PINE BARRENS IN NEW JERSEY. * IMPACTS...DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY WARM WINTER AND EARLY SPRING... THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN AROUND THE REGION. ANY VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER A PERIOD OF THREE OR MORE HOURS WOULD BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE BRING TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION INDOORS AND PROVIDE PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR OTHERS. && $$
879 WWUS71 KPHI 300733 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 333 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 NJZ009-010-020>022-027-PAZ060>062-067>069-301300- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120330T1300Z/ HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JACKSON... MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN... DOYLESTOWN 333 AM EDT FRI MAR 30 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S WITH SOME UPPER 20S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE PINE BARRENS IN NEW JERSEY. * IMPACTS...DUE TO AN UNUSUALLY WARM WINTER AND EARLY SPRING... THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN AROUND THE REGION. ANY VEGETATION SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES OVER A PERIOD OF THREE OR MORE HOURS WOULD BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. IF POSSIBLE BRING TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE VEGETATION INDOORS AND PROVIDE PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR OTHERS. && $$
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2012Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.