Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 8 to 10, 2015

Name: Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 8 to 10, 2015
Start: 2015-02-08T21:00
End: 2015-02-10T03:00
Location: New Jersey

February 8 to 10, 2015 · NWS PHI · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 61
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 15

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 protracted event of light snow, sleet and especially freezing rain caused traveling difficulties and accidents in northern and southwest New Jersey on the 8th and 9th. While precipitation occurred intermittently and amounts were overall light, untreated roadways were treacherous. Ice accumulations throughout the state averaged less than one tenth of an inch and snow and sleet accumulations in the northwest part of the state averaged around one inch. A pair of large multi-vehicular accident resulted in a fatality on the 9th on the New Jersey Turnpike in Middlesex County.

Across northwest New Jersey including the Passaic Basin precipitation initially started as rain on the afternoon of the 8th. It changed to sleet on the evening of the 8th and then to freezing rain overnight. Precipitation changed back to sleet during the morning of the 9th and to snow during the late morning and early afternoon that day. The snow ended early on the 10th. Across central (including the Raritan Basin) New Jersey, freezing rain started during the early morning of the 9th and mixed with sleet later in the day. Some snow also occurred before precipitation ended late that evening. Across southwest New Jersey, a mixture of sleet and freezing rain occurred during the morning and evening of the 9th and some freezing drizzle occurred overnight on the 9th. Across southeast New Jersey, little, if any precipitation fell.

Icy conditions were blamed for a fatal, 40-vehicle pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike on the evening of the 9th that killed a 52-year-old man and injured 61 others. The man was trapped in his Toyota Corolla as a result of the chain-reaction crash on the outer truck lanes. Nineteen vehicles were involved in that crash. Two tractor-trailers slowed in an attempt to avoid multiple crashes in their lane of travel and then lost control due to ice on the roadway. The two trucks obstructed the roadway and caused a chain-reaction crash to occur. The accident occurred near milepost 71.4 in Cranbury Township (Middlesex County) on the New Jersey Turnpike. Twenty-one vehicles were also involved in multiple crashes in the inner southbound car lanes in the same area. The injured were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick (Middlesex County), Robert Wood Johnson in Hamilton (Mercer County) and Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell (Mercer County). All southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike were closed for hours. Some motorists sought shelter at the Molly Pitcher rest stop. Traffic began to flow along the inner car lanes about 3 a.m. EST on the 10th. The outer roadway reopened at 830 a.m. EST on the 10th after repairs were completed on the guard rails. A separate accident on westbound Interstate 80 closed the left and center lanes in Hope Township (Warren County). Hundreds of schools were closed on the 9th throughout New Jersey; many schools also had delayed openings on the 10th. | |Representative ice accumulations included 0.07 inches in Sussex (Sussex County), 0.06 inches in Trenton (Mercer County) and 0.03 inches in Burlington Township (Burlington County) and Merchantville (Camden County).

Representative snow and sleet accumulations included 1.8 inches in Highland Lakes (Sussex County),1.2 inches in Wantage (Sussex County), 1.1 inches in Sparta (Sussex County), 1.0 inch in Jefferson Township (Morris County) and Hackettstown (Warren County), 0.5 inches in Lebanon (Hunterdon County), 0.3 inches in Bernards Township (Somerset County), 0.2 inches in Florham Park (Morris County), and 0.1 inches in North Brunswick (Middlesex County).

The wintry mix of precipitation was caused by the combination of waves of low pressure on a frontal boundary that supplied the moisture and precipitation and an arctic high pressure system to the north of the boundary that supplied the low level cold air. As this boundary sagged southward, the precipitation sagged southward with it. At 7 a.m. EST on the 8th, the high pressure system was centered over James Bay and the frontal boundary across central New Jersey. At 7 p.m. EST on the 8th, the frontal boundary was along the Atlantic City Expressway with a wave of low pressure in northwest Pennsylvania. At 7 a.m. EST on the 9th, the frontal boundary was located over the Delmarva Peninsula with a wave of low pressure forming along it. At 7 p.m. EST on the 9th, the frontal boundary was approaching Cape Hatteras, North Carolina and at 7 a.m. EST on the 10th dropped into northern Florida. By then, waves of low pressure were too far offshore to affect New Jersey.

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 8, 6:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 6:45 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
645 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTHWARD THROUGH OUR AREA TONIGHT
THROUGH LATE MONDAY. MEANWHILE, AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK
ALONG THIS FRONT, PUSHING TOWARD THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST MONDAY
AND EXITING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR AREA ON TUESDAY. ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON THURSDAY FOLLOWED BY AN ARCTIC
FRONT. ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. A CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM DROPS DOWN THROUGH THE REGION
LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, FOLLOWED BY COLD HIGH PRESSURE FOR EARLY
IN THE WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
630 PM ESTF UPDATE: LOWERED TEMPS SLIGHTLY FASTER NEAR I-95 AND
EXPANDED THE WINTER WX ADVISORY DOWN INTO COASTAL NNJ THROUGH THE
I95 CORRIDOR TO PHL. WE EXPECT DRIZZLE OR RAIN TO DEVELOP NORTH OF
THE SHARPENING BOUNDARY MOVING SWWD THROUGH NJ ATTM. WET BULBS
ARE DROPPING ACROSS LI AND THE COLDER WET BULBS WILL BE NOTICED IN
NJ SOON. IF TEMPS ARE FREEZING AT SUNRISE KVAY TO KPHL...AND ITS
NOT PRECIPITATING...THEN WE WILL HAVE LUCKED OUT. WE OPTED FOR THE
MORE HAZARDOUS SCENARIO.

FROM THE 330 PM DISCUSSION BELOW.

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING WILL TRACK EAST TO
NRN VIRGINIA BY MONDAY MORNING. A FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS OUR AREA
WILL GRADUALLY PUSH SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT. THESE FEATURES WILL CREATE
INCREASING CHCS FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE
SHIELD OF PCPN WELL TO THE NORTH MOVING ACROSS NY WILL SLOWLY SHIFT
S/SE TONIGHT...SO THE POPS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NRN AREAS FIRST
THEN OVER THE S/E AREAS TOWARD DAWN. P-TYPE WILL POSE PROBLEMS WITH
TEMPS MOSTLY NEAR FREEZING OVERNIGHT. MOSTLY LIQUID PCPN ACROSS THE
I-95 AND S/E REGION. THE FARTHEST NORTH AREAS WILL HAVE MOSTLY SNOW
WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMS PAINTED THERE. THE CHCS FOR FREEZING PCPN
ACROSS MUCH OF THE N/W AREAS WILL LEAD US TO CONTINUE WITH THE WSW
ADVISORIES FOR LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. NO BIG CHANGES WERE NEEDED.
SLICK TRAVEL WITH THE MONDAY COMMUTE IS POSSIBLE ON ANY UNTREATED
ROADS. LOWS WERE MOSTLY TAKEN FROM THE MAV MOS WITH SOME MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM NRN VIRGINIA TO A POSITION
OFF THE VA CAPES BY MON EVENING. THE PCPN SHIELD WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA. P-TYPE ISSUES CONTINUE WITH MOSTLY RAIN SOUTH AND
SOME LIGHT SNOW NORTH AND A LARGE AREA OF MIXED PRECIP ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA. COLDER AIR WILL INFILTRATE FROM THE NORTH WITH TEMPS
PROBABLY REMAINING STEADY OR ONLY RISING A FEW DEGREES DURING THE
DAY. PRECIP WILL BECOME MORE FROZEN N TO S THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS
WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING...MOSTLY FROM THE E AND THEN WINDS
WILL TURN NE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...THE SYSTEM WILL START TO WIND DOWN BY
THIS TIME AND WE WILL SEE PRECIPITATION END FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST. PTYPE WILL VARY BUT WILL CHANGEOVER TO A MIX OF
SNOW/SLEET BEFORE ENDING AS MAINLY SNOW IN OUR AREA. SOME OF OUR
SOUTHERN AREAS MAY END A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN.

FOR TUESDAY...COLD AIR WILL BE FILTERING DOWN ACROSS OUR AREA AND
WILL CERTAINLY FEEL COLDER, ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN AREAS
WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE BEEN IN THE 40S/50S THE PREVIOUS DAYS.
HIGHS WILL RISE INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE REGION. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN TIGHT AND THE WIND WILL
BECOME QUITE GUSTY DURING THE DAY.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOSE DOWN FROM
THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY BUT DOES NOT LAST FOR LONG. LOW PRESSURE
TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WILL DIVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS OUR AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, THEN QUICKLY MOVE TO THE NORTH AND
EAST AS IT DEEPENS. NOT A TON OF MOISTURE LOOKS TO ACCOMPANY THIS
FEATURE BUT WE WILL STILL SOME SNOW FALL AS IT MOVES THROUGH.

ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND THEN
SHIFT OFFSHORE LATER SATURDAY. THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE BUILDING
HIGH AND DEPARTING LOW WILL BE QUITE STRONG WITH STRONG CAA TAKING
PLACE. THIS WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL
VALUES.

A CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL DROP DOWN INTO OUR AREA FROM THE
NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING US ANOTHER
CHANCE FOR SOME SNOW, MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS. TEMPERATURES
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS FEATURE LOOK TO BE BITTERLY COLD WITH GUSTY
WINDS, RESULTING IN VERY COLD WIND CHILLS ONCE AGAIN.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS FOR KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG,
KMIV, KACY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

DIMINISHING CIGS OVERNIGHT BEHIND THE WEAK FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS
THE AREA. THE TIMING WITH REGARDS TO MVFR/IFR ON THE LATEST TAFS IS
A FEW HOURS FASTER THAN THE 12Z ONCE. PRECIPITATION CHCS INCREASE
FROM THE N TO S OVERNIGHT. RAIN AND SOME DRIZZLE POSSIBLE BY
MIDNIGHT S AND RAIN/FREEZING PCPN POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE. P-TYPE
ISSUES CONTINUE INTO MON WITH MOSTLY IFR ACROSS THE AREA. NE WINDS
INCREASE WITH GUSTS 20KT AROUND DAWN...CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.

OUTLOOK...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...MIXED PRECIPITATION, CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW, IS EXPECTED TO BE TAPERING OFF THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. MVFR CONDITIONS EARLY, THEN BECOMING VFR. NORTH
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH INCREASING
CLOUDINESS TOWARD THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
BECOMING WEST, THEN SOUTHWEST LATE.

THURSDAY...SOME SNOW SHOWERS, WITH LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES,
ARE POSSIBLE AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION. OTHERWISE,
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 TO
15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS.

FRIDAY...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS, ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST
OF KPHL.

&&

.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS NEAR SCA CRITERIA AT 6 PM OVER THE NNJ WATERS AS
COLDER AIR ARRIVES.

WE MAY BE STARTING THE SCA TONIGHT OVER THE NJ WATER AND THEN THE
DE WATERS MONDAY AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE. WINDS ON THE BAY
WILL PROBABLY HOLD A FEW KNOTS LOWER. SEAS ACROSS THE NRN WATERS
WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 5-7FT. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT AND LAST INTO MONDAY. AREAS OF FOG ALSO EXPECTED.

OUTLOOK...
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT IN
RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTING LOW TO OUR EAST AND A BUILDING HIGH TO OUR
WEST WILL CAUSE WINDS TO GUST IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF 34 KNOTS GUSTS IS POSSIBLE. CONFIDENCE IS HIGHER THAT
GALE FORCE GUSTS WILL OCCUR OVER OUR SOUTHERN WATERS BUT THE
POTENTIAL FOR GALE FORCE GUSTS EXISTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR WATERS, WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF THE UPPER DELAWARE BAY.

WE HAVE ISSUED A GALE WATCH FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY EVENING
FOR OUR OCEAN WATERS AND THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY.

WEDNESDAY...SEAS AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY START TO DIMINISH AND
SHOULD FALL BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA BY THE AFTERNOON.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION THURSDAY
FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE FOR FRIDAY. THE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE
SYSTEMS WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE WINDS TO BECOME GUSTY WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR GALE FORCE GUSTS TO OCCUR. FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO
REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME.

&&

.CLIMATE...
WE EXPECT TO BEGIN POSTING RECORD LOWS EARLY THIS WEEK FOR 2 OR
MORE OF THE DAYS IN THE FEBRUARY 13-16 TIME FRAME AS TWO RATHER
STRONG COLD SURGES OF AIR MOVE INTO OUR AREA. THESE COLD SURGES
WILL BE USHERED IN BY DEVELOPING CLIPPERS...A RATHER IDEAL SITUATION
APPEARS TO DEVELOPING FOR A VERY COLD 5 DAY PERIOD FRIDAY-TUESDAY.

&&

.PHI WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR PAZ054-055-
     062.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST
     TUESDAY FOR PAZ061-105.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY
     FOR PAZ070-071.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY
     FOR PAZ060-101>104-106.
NJ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY FOR NJZ001-007-
     008.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM EST
     TUESDAY FOR NJZ009-010.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY
     FOR NJZ018>020-027.
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY
     FOR NJZ012>015.
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
     FOR ANZ431-450>455.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM EST MONDAY FOR
     ANZ450>455.

&&

SYNOPSIS...MEOLA
NEAR TERM...DRAG/KLEIN/O'HARA 644
SHORT TERM...O'HARA
LONG TERM...MEOLA
AVIATION...MEOLA/O'HARA/DRAG 644
MARINE...MEOLA/O'HARA/DRAG 644
CLIMATE...644

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 6:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-062-092330-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

THERE MAY BE A SHORT PERIOD OF ACCUMULATIVE SNOW THURSDAY.

WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NJZ009-010-PAZ061-105-092330-
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-LEHIGH-UPPER BUCKS-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM
EST TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

THERE MAY BE A SHORT PERIOD ACCUMULATIVE SNOW THURSDAY.

WIND CHILL VALUES TO NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NJZ012-015-PAZ060-101>104-106-092330-
MIDDLESEX-MERCER-BERKS-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-LOWER BUCKS-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST
TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN
NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

THERE MAY BE SHORT PERIOD OF ACCUMULATIVE SNOW THURSDAY.

WIND CHILL VALUES TO NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
NIGHT OR FRIDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ016-017-021-022-025-026-092330-
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-
COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PERIODS OF RAIN MONDAY SHOULD MIX WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO
FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY TUESDAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. ANY SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT, HOWEVER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE
NEEDED.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NJZ018>020-027-PAZ070-071-092330-
CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST
TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NJZ013-014-092330-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM EST
TUESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ023-024-092330-
KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-CAPE MAY-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN
DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

RAIN COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SOME FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW MONDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING EARLY TUESDAY.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ431-450>455-092330-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND
DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

GALE FORCE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
MORNING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN LATE SATURDAY. THERE IS A HIGH
LIKELIHOOD FOR EPISODES OF MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY THURSDAY NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY AND AGAIN LATER SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-092330-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
630 PM EST SUN FEB 8 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A PERIOD OF GALE FORCE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY INTO
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN LATE SATURDAY. THERE IS A
HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR EPISODES OF MODERATE FREEZING SPRAY THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND AGAIN LATER SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

..HEADLINE UPDATE..

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Winter Weather, Sussex

When: February 8, 9:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM 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, Warren

When: February 8, 11:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Morris

When: February 8, 11:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Morris forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Hunterdon

When: February 9, 3:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Hunterdon forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Somerset

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Somerset forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Middlesex

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Middlesex forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Injuries: 0 direct, 61 indirect
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northwestern Burlington

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to February 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Northwestern Burlington forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southeastern Burlington

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Southeastern Burlington forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Ocean

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Western Ocean forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Camden

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to February 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Camden forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Gloucester

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to February 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Gloucester forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Salem

When: February 9, 5:00 AM EST to February 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Salem forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Western Monmouth

When: February 9, 6:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Western Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Monmouth

When: February 9, 6:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Eastern Ocean

When: February 9, 7:00 AM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Ocean forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Winter Weather, Middlesex	2015-02-09	52	Male	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect

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

Every storm in New Jersey in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, February 2015

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 558193, 558194, 558195, 558196, 558197, 558198, 558201, 558202, 558203, 558205, 558206, 558207, 558199, 558200, 558204.