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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

April 2, 20214 counties in Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Apr 2, 2021, 8:46 AM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Apr 2, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 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 2, 2021, 8:46 AM EDT (12:46 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2021, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
10 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 12:48 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 12:00Z, 0.8 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -70 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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.

&&

$$
3 follow-up statements
327 
WWUS71 KPHI 021949
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
349 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-030900-
/O.CON.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
349 PM EDT Fri Apr 2 2021

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

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

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

* 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.

&&

$$
755 
WWUS71 KPHI 030743
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
343 AM EDT Sat Apr 3 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-031300-
/O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
343 AM EDT Sat Apr 3 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26.

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

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.

* 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.

&&

$$

Staarmann
543 
WWUS71 KPHI 031253
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
853 AM EDT Sat Apr 3 2021

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-031400-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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
853 AM EDT Sat Apr 3 2021

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures have warmed above freezing. Therefore, the freeze
warning will be allowed to expire as scheduled.

$$

CMS

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.