Alert archive / New Jersey / Freeze Watches in 2016
Freeze Watch 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze watch at Oct 24, 2016, 2:29 PM EDT for 4 states. It took effect at Oct 26, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2016, 2:29 PM EDT (18:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2016, 3:54 AM EDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
709 WWUS71 KPHI 241829 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 229 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2016 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-013-019>022-027-PAZ060>062-101>103- 105-250900- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.A.0007.161026T0600Z-161026T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT...PERKASIE 229 PM EDT MON OCT 24 2016 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS...MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY INTO PARTS OF BOTH NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND FAR NORTHERN DELAWARE. THIS FREEZE WATCH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE URBAN CENTERS NEAR PHILADELPHIA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE WITHIN SEVERAL DEGREES OF 30 EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE. FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. * TIMING...COLDEST TEMPERATURES SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 6 AM AND 730 AM WEDNESDAY, WITH FROST OR FREEZING TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT IN THE NORMALLY COLDER SHELTERED VALLEYS. * IMPACTS...THE UPCOMING SEASONABLY COLD FROST OR FREEZE EVENT WILL PROBABLY END THE GROWING SEASON IN PARTS OF THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY NEAR AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 78 INCLUSIVE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY. IF AND WHEN WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED, PROTECTIVE ACTION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ DRAG
1 follow-up statement
318 WWUS71 KPHI 250754 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 354 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2016 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ008>010-012-013-019>022-027-PAZ060>062-101>103- 105-252100- /O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0007.161026T0600Z-161026T1300Z/ /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0008.161026T0400Z-161026T1300Z/ NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX- WESTERN MONMOUTH-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND- ATLANTIC-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON... WHARTON STATE FOREST...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON... HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNETT SQUARE... COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT...PERKASIE 354 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...AND FAR NORTHERN DELMARVA...EXCLUDING THE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM PHILADELPHIA TO TRENTON. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING...THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED JUST BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT FROST COULD DEVELOP AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ016>018-252100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0008.161026T0400Z-161026T1300Z/ SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL 354 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...AND FAR NORTHERN DELMARVA...EXCLUDING THE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM PHILADELPHIA TO TRENTON. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. * TIMING...THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED JUST BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT FROST COULD DEVELOP AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST AND FREEZE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ NJZ015-PAZ070-071-104-106-252100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0011.161026T0400Z-161026T1300Z/ MERCER-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRENTON...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA... NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE...MORRISVILLE...DOYLESTOWN 354 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...THE URBAN CORRIDOR FROM PHILADELPHIA TO TRENTON AND SURROUNDING PENNSYLVANIA SUBURBS. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT FROST COULD DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ023-252100- /O.NEW.KPHI.FR.Y.0011.161026T0400Z-161026T1300Z/ KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-CAPE MAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...CHESTERTOWN... CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE 354 AM EDT TUE OCT 25 2016 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. * LOCATIONS...CAPE MAY COUNTY AND MOST OF NORTHERN DELMARVA. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 30S. * TIMING...THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AROUND SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT FROST COULD DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED COULD BE DAMAGED OR KILLED BY THE FROST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
Nearby
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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.