Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Freezing Rain Advisories in 2012
Freezing Rain Advisory 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freezing rain advisory at Jan 26, 2012, 5:28 PM EST for Carbon County, Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2012, 5:28 PM EST (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2012, 12:26 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
903 WWUS41 KPHI 262228 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 528 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-270100- /O.NEW.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.120126T2228Z-120127T0100Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 528 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING, MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, WILL WILL OCCUR ON TREES, POWER LINES AND WALKWAYS. THIS WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, AND WITH DARKNESS OCCURRING SOME UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION, ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED STRUCTURES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING, THEN TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISING INTO THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
3 follow-up statements
762 WWUS41 KPHI 262230 CCA WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 529 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 NJZ001-PAZ054-055-270100- /O.COR.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.120126T2229Z-120127T0100Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 529 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING, MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, WILL OCCUR ON TREES, POWER LINES AND WALKWAYS. THIS WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS, AND WITH DARKNESS OCCURRING SOME UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION, ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED STRUCTURES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING, THEN TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISING INTO THE MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
412 WWUS41 KPHI 270059 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 759 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 NJZ007-PAZ062-270600- /O.EXB.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120127T0600Z/ WARREN-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 759 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND WARREN COUNTY IN NEW JERSEY. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WILL OCCUR ON TREES...POWER LINES...UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKWAYS. THIS WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...WITH SOME UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED STRUCTURES. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S...THEN RISING LATER TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NJZ001-PAZ054-055-270600- /O.EXT.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120127T0600Z/ SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG 759 PM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST FRIDAY... * LOCATIONS...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY... MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * HAZARD TYPES...FREEZING RAIN * ACCUMULATIONS...ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. * IMPACTS...LIGHT ICING...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... WILL OCCUR ON TREES... POWER LINES AND WALKWAYS. THIS WILL CREATE SLIPPERY CONDITIONS...AND SOME UNTREATED ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY. USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED STRUCTURES. * TEMPERATURES...AROUND 30 DEGREES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT...THEN RISING LATER TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
703 WWUS41 KPHI 270526 WSWPHI URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1226 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-062-270630- /O.CAN.KPHI.ZR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120127T0600Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...JIM THORPE... STROUDSBURG...BETHLEHEM...EASTON 1226 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012 ...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY. ALL COUNTY 911 CENTERS REPORTED ICING WAS NOT OCCURRING EARLY THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED OBSERVING STATIONS REPORTED TEMPERATURES LINGERING AT THE FREEZING MARK, THE VAST MAJORITY HAD RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE SOME THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. $$ MPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:38 PM EST | Gale Watch | PHI | 13 hr |
Nearby
Freezing Rain Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2012Freezing Rain Advisories in New Jersey, 2012Every freezing rain advisory 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.