Alert archive / New Jersey / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Apr 5, 2016, 9:59 AM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Apr 5, 2016, 9:59 AM EDT (13:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2016, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
All 24 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, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 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
Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1321 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
362 WWUS71 KPHI 051359 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 959 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-101>104- 106-060300- /O.EXP.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160405T1400Z/ /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0003.160406T0200Z-160406T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.160406T0200Z-160406T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE- MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC- COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY- EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...ELKTON... CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK... FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO... CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON... MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY... ATLANTIC CITY...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST... MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER... KENNETT SQUARE...COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN... LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 959 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS COULD KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS COULD KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ DEZ003-004-060300- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0003.160406T0200Z-160406T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.160406T0200Z-160406T1300Z/ INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GEORGETOWN...REHOBOTH BEACH 959 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS COULD KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ SZATKOWSKI
3 follow-up statements
064 WWUS71 KPHI 051505 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1105 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-101>104- 106-060000- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.160406T0200Z-160406T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER- EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE... DOYLESTOWN 1105 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS COULD KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS COULD KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ SZATKOWSKI
705 WWUS71 KPHI 051918 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 318 PM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-101>104- 106-060830- /O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.160406T0200Z-160406T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER- EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE... DOYLESTOWN 318 PM EDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS COULD KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS THAT SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS COULD KILL OR SEVERELY DAMAGE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ SZATKOWSKI
883 WWUS71 KPHI 061310 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 910 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ012>027-PAZ070-071-101>104- 106-061415- /O.EXP.KPHI.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160406T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD- QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH- EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER- EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN... REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON... DENTON...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON... PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY... LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE... DOYLESTOWN 910 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED... TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...THUS THE FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:23 PM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 14 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 2016Freeze Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2016Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2016Every freeze warning in 2016
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.