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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2010, 6:34 PM EDT for Berks County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2010, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2010, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Berks County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 271 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 13, 3:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 3:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
NJZ023-024-132155-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
509 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CAPE MAY COUNTY...
AT 502 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAPE MAY...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR VILLAS...NORTH CAPE MAY AROUND
515 PM...ERMA...RIO GRANDE AROUND 530 PM...WILDWOOD CREST AND
WILDWOOD AROUND 545 PM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3892 7498 3899 7498 3912 7490 3908 7472
3905 7474 3902 7477 3902 7479 3899 7479
3895 7484 3892 7495 3892 7497
RPWSpecial weather statement, Jun 13, 6:04 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 604 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 NJZ019-PAZ068-069-071-132305- BUCKS PA-MONTGOMERY PA-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA- 604 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT BUCKS...BURLINGTON...MONTGOMERY AND PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES... AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR WISSINOMING AROUND 605 PM...CROYDON...BENSALEM AROUND 615 PM...BURLINGTON... WILLINGBORO AROUND 630 PM...MOUNT HOLLY AND PEMBERTON HEIGHTS AROUND 645 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 4003 7456 3981 7482 4010 7519 4034 7497 RPW
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:29 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 629 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 NJZ016>018-PAZ070-071-132330- CAMDEN NJ-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ- 629 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010 ...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CAMDEN... DELAWARE...GLOUCESTER...PHILADELPHIA AND SALEM COUNTIES... AT 622 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF PHILADELPHIA TO 11 MILES EAST OF WEST CHESTER...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SOUTH PHILADELPHIA...PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AROUND 630 PM... WEST DEPTFORD...WOODSTOWN AROUND 700 PM...HADDONFIELD...DEPTFORD AROUND 715 PM...HI-NELLA AND STRATFORD AROUND 730 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LAT...LON 3965 7484 3951 7541 3991 7542 4005 7511 RPW
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 6:34 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
634 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
PAZ060-132330-
BERKS PA-
634 PM EDT SUN JUN 13 2010
...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BERKS COUNTY...
AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF
READING...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR
TEMPLE...LEESPORT AROUND 645 PM...FLEETWOOD...LAURELDALE AROUND
700 PM...AMITY GARDENS AND BECHTELSVILLE AROUND 715 PM.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS.
WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4054 7624 4054 7618 4057 7614 4058 7609
4059 7607 4060 7605 4059 7603 4064 7601
4068 7591 4044 7555 4017 7583 4050 7631
RPWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon | 89 min |
| Jun 13, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 2:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington | 74 min |
| Jun 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester | 78 min |
| Jun 13, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cape May | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Northampton | 85 min |
| Jun 13, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Philadelphia | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's | 91 min |
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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.