Winter Weather, Sussex
- When
- February 17, 2:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 17, 1998
A low pressure system over the Lower Tennessee Valley the morning of the 16th pushed moisture over a dome of cold dry air near the surface provided by a high pressure system over the New England and Middle Atlantic States on the 17th. Precipitation began as light freezing rain in the valleys of Sussex County during the afternoon of the 17th.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A low pressure system over the Lower Tennessee Valley the morning of the 16th pushed moisture over a dome of cold dry air near the surface provided by a high pressure system over the New England and Middle Atlantic States on the 17th. Precipitation began as light freezing rain in the valleys of Sussex County during the afternoon of the 17th. As the low reached the Middle Atlantic Coast late on the 17th, enough warm air moved into the region by midnight to lift temperatures above the freezing mark throughout the county and make the precipitation fall as plain rain. Before then about one tenth of an inch of freezing rain fell in some of the deeper valleys and made driving hazardous on untreated roadways.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Flooding in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Storm Surge in Ohio, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, February 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5632145.