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Hard Freeze Warning-NJ/DE/MD

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:31 pm
by angelwing
Here is a current Hard Freeze Warning for Wrightstown, NJ (Wrightstown, NJ) until
9:00am, Fri Apr 6 2007, from your local National Weather Service office.



URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
345 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007

.UPCOMING VERY COLD WEATHER WILL IMPACT VEGETATION IN NEW JERSEY,
DELAWARE AND MARYLAND WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS BEGUN.
NEW CASTLE-KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNE'S-
TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-
OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...DENTON...
PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...
MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...WHARTON STATE FOREST
345 PM EDT THU APR 5 2007

...HARD FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...
...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS UPGRADED THE
FREEZE WATCH TO A HARD FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1
AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY. IN ADDITION...A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE PERIOD FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR MASS WILL BE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT, AS WELL
AS INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S AT MANY LOCATIONS BY DAYBREAK
FRIDAY. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO DAMAGE FRUIT TREES, WHICH
HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO BLOOM. IN ADDITION, ANY TENDER PLANTS AND
VEGETATION ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BE HURT BY THIS HARD FREEZE. THEREFORE,
BRING ANY VULNERABLE PLANTS INDOORS THIS EVENING. ALTERNATIVELY,
COVER EXPOSED VEGETATION IF POSSIBLE.

THIS COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE PROLONGED

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:44 pm
by Stephanie
WTH????

Grrr.... :(

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:47 pm
by angelwing
What freaked me out was the snow from about 4PM to 6PM here in Philly and the sun was shining!!!!

I'm glad I didn't pack my winter stuff away yet, I gotta work tomorrow night, its gonna be brrrrrrr!