Alert archive / New Jersey / Freeze Watches in 2012
Freeze Watch 9, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze watch at Nov 4, 2012, 4:02 AM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Nov 5, 2012, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 4, 2012, 4:02 AM EST (09:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2012, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2012, 2:56 PM EST
- In force
- 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 09:03 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 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
265 WWUS71 KPHI 040902 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 402 AM EST SUN NOV 4 2012 DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ013-016>023-027-PAZ070-071- 041715- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0009.121105T0800Z-121105T1400Z/ 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 402 AM EST SUN NOV 4 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...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * 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 WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
343 WWUS71 KPHI 041144 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 644 AM EST SUN NOV 4 2012 DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ013-016>023-027-PAZ070-071- 042100- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.A.0009.121105T0800Z-121105T1400Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-WESTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...FREEHOLD... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA... PHILADELPHIA 644 AM EST SUN NOV 4 2012 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. FOR THOSE PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER AND HEAT... PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY... THE SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2:56 PM EST | Freeze Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Watches in New Jersey, 2012Freeze Watches in Maryland, 2012Freeze Watches in Delaware, 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.