Winter Weather, Sussex
- When
- February 26, 10:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 26, 2008
A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across Sussex County during the day on the 26th. Precipitation started as light snow in the morning.
Where it happened
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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 wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across Sussex County during the day on the 26th. Precipitation started as light snow in the morning. As warmer air moved in aloft, it changed to sleet and freezing rain during the first half of the afternoon and to plain rain by the second half of the afternoon. Snow accumulations were less than an inch and ice accretions were less than one-tenth of an inch. Untreated roadways were slippery.
The wintry mix was caused by a low pressure system that moved from the Central Plains on the afternoon of the 25th, through the Ohio Valley on the night of the 25th, and across the southern tier of Pennsylvania and central New Jersey during the afternoon and evening of the 26th.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 4:06 PM EST, 17 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 4:06 PM EST, 17 hours 54 minutes before
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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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, February 26, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, February 26, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Indiana, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 26, 2008
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, February 26, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, February 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 26 to 27, 2008
- Dense Fog in California, February 26 to 29, 2008
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, February 2008
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: 72154.