Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Freeze Watches in 2012
Freeze Watch 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze watch at Oct 11, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT for 5 counties in Pennsylvania; 5 counties in New Jersey. It took effect at Oct 13, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2012, 7:18 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235 WWUS71 KPHI 110754 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 354 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-112100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0007.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 354 AM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL A FEW HOURS AFTER DAWN SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
393 WWUS71 KPHI 111900 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 300 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 NJZ007>010-PAZ060>062-067>069-120900- /O.EXA.KPHI.FZ.A.0007.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER- MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON... SOMERVILLE...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN 300 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ001-PAZ054-055-120900- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.A.0007.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 300 PM EDT THU OCT 11 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GORSE
254 WWUS71 KPHI 121118 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 718 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-122030- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0007.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0012.121013T0600Z-121013T1300Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS- LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING... ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN... DOYLESTOWN 718 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM THE MID 20S IN THE POCONOS AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, TO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ020>022-027-122030- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0008.121013T0700Z-121013T1300Z/ OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... WHARTON STATE FOREST 718 AM EDT FRI OCT 12 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30. * IMPACTS...SENSITIVE PLANTS WILL BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF NOT PROTECTED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ GORSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 3:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 38 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Watches in Pennsylvania, 2012Freeze Watches in New Jersey, 2012Every freeze watch 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.