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Freeze Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

November 4, 20214 counties in Maryland; 4 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this freeze warning at Nov 4, 2021, 10:06 AM EDT for 4 counties in Maryland; 4 counties in New Jersey; Kent County, Sussex County, Delaware. It took effect at Nov 4, 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
Nov 4, 2021, 10:06 AM EDT (14:06 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 4, 2021, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
Nov 5, 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, Atlantic County, NJ, Cape May County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Salem County, NJ

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2021-11-04Temperature 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 2021-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

729 
WWUS71 KPHI 041406
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1006 AM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021>023-050315-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FZ.W.0007.211105T0300Z-211105T1300Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Salem-
Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Chestertown, 
Centreville, Easton, Denton, Pennsville, Millville, Hammonton, 
and Cape May Court House
1006 AM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021

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

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

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic and Cape 
  May. In Maryland, Kent MD, Queen Annes, Talbot and Caroline. 
  In Delaware, Kent and Inland Sussex.

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

* 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.

&&

$$

Johnson
3 follow-up statements
940 
WWUS71 KPHI 050311
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
1111 PM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021>023-051300-
/O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211105T1300Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Salem-
Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Chestertown, 
Centreville, Easton, Denton, Pennsville, Millville, Hammonton, 
and Cape May Court House
1111 PM EDT Thu Nov 4 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...

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

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Atlantic, Cape May, Salem and 
  Cumberland. In Maryland, Talbot, Queen Annes, Kent MD and 
  Caroline. In Delaware, Inland Sussex and Kent.

* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT Friday.

* 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.

&&

$$

MPS
585 
WWUS71 KPHI 050716
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
316 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021>023-051300-
/O.CON.KPHI.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211105T1300Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Salem-
Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Chestertown, 
Centreville, Easton, Denton, Pennsville, Millville, Hammonton, 
and Cape May Court House
316 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021

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

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

* WHERE...In New Jersey, Atlantic, Cape May, Salem and 
  Cumberland. In Maryland, Talbot, Queen Annes, Kent MD and 
  Caroline. In Delaware, 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.

&&

$$

MPS
692 
WWUS71 KPHI 051251
NPWPHI

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
851 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021

DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ016-021>023-051400-
/O.EXP.KPHI.FZ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211105T1300Z/
Kent-Inland Sussex-Kent MD-Queen Annes-Talbot-Caroline-Salem-
Cumberland-Atlantic-Cape May-
Including the cities of Dover, Georgetown, Chestertown, 
Centreville, Easton, Denton, Pennsville, Millville, Hammonton, 
and Cape May Court House
851 AM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021

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

Temperatures will continue to rise this morning. Thus, the freeze
warning will be allowed to expire. In many locations the growing 
season ended with the freeze this morning. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 7:55 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryPHICape May16 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2021Freeze Warnings in New Jersey, 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.