Alert archive / Maryland / Freeze Warnings in 2021

Freeze Warning 1, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 1, 2021Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in Maryland

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Apr 1, 2021, 3:14 AM EDT for Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware; 4 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 1, 2021, 3:14 AM EDT (07:14 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2021, 8:46 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Kent County, DE, Sussex County, DE, Caroline County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2021-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

584 
WWUS71 KPHI 010714
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
314 AM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-012015-
/O.UPG.KPHI.FZ.A.0001.210402T0600Z-210402T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.210402T0600Z-210402T1400Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-
Caroline-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach, 
Chestertown, Centreville, Easton, and Denton
314 AM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected.

* WHERE...In Maryland, Kent MD, Queen Annes, Talbot and 
  Caroline. In Delaware, Kent, Inland Sussex and Delaware 
  Beaches.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 10 AM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and 
  other sensitive vegetation.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Another widespread freeze is possible
  Friday night into Saturday morning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Johnson
3 follow-up statements
470 
WWUS71 KPHI 011947
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
347 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-020900-
/O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.210402T0600Z-210402T1400Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-
Caroline-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach, 
Chestertown, Centreville, Easton, and Denton
347 PM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29 expected.

* WHERE...In Maryland, Talbot, Kent MD, Queen Annes and 
  Caroline. In Delaware, Delaware Beaches, Inland Sussex and 
  Kent.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 10 AM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and 
  other sensitive vegetation.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Another widespread freeze is possible 
  Friday night into Saturday morning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
696 
WWUS71 KPHI 020704
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
304 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-021400-
/O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210402T1400Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-
Caroline-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach, 
Chestertown, Centreville, Easton, and Denton
304 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30.

* WHERE...In Maryland, Talbot, Kent MD, Queen Annes and 
  Caroline. In Delaware, Delaware Beaches, Inland Sussex and 
  Kent.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and 
  other sensitive vegetation.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Another widespread freeze is possible 
  Friday night into Saturday morning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Johnson
674 
WWUS71 KPHI 021246
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
846 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-030200-
/O.CAN.KPHI.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210402T1400Z/
/O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.210403T0300Z-210403T1300Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Delaware Beaches-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-
Caroline-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach, 
Chestertown, Centreville, Easton, and Denton
846 AM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected.

* WHERE...In Maryland, Kent MD, Queen Annes, Talbot and 
  Caroline. In Delaware, Kent, Inland Sussex and Delaware 
  Beaches.

* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 9 AM EDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops and 
  other sensitive vegetation.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2021Freeze Warnings in Delaware, 2021Every freeze warning in 2021

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.