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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

May 15, 2011Berks County, Carbon County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 15, 2011, 5:33 PM EDT for Berks County, Carbon County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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
May 15, 2011, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 55 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2011-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

852 
WWUS81 KPHI 152133
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
533 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011

PAZ054-055-060>062-152230-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
533 PM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011

...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT 
BERKS...CARBON...LEHIGH...MONROE AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES NORTH OF READING...MOVING 
NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HAMBURG... 
LENHARTSVILLE AROUND 545 PM...WANAMAKERS...CLAUSSVILLE AROUND 600 
PM...NEW TRIPOLI...JORDAN VALLEY AROUND 615 PM...NEW MAHONING AND 
SUMMIT HILL AROUND 630 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. 
IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH 
THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4058 7610 4060 7605 4059 7603 4064 7600
      4074 7578 4084 7594 4088 7598 4093 7597
      4096 7587 4089 7549 4032 7568 4042 7616

$$

HAYES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 11:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem89 min
May 15, 12:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Somerset and 1 more83 min
May 15, 1:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May86 min
May 15, 2:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Monmouth, Ocean2 hr
May 15, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland57 min
May 15, 3:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex67 min
May 15, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset53 min
May 15, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland63 min
May 15, 4:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMiddlesex, Somerset66 min
May 15, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris54 min
May 15, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex67 min
May 15, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren59 min
May 15, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex, Warren64 min
May 15, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Somerset56 min
May 15, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex64 min
May 15, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks64 min
May 15, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISchuylkill59 min
May 15, 2:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware65 min
May 15, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks60 min
May 15, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh44 min
May 15, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh61 min
May 15, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh56 min
May 15, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia59 min
May 15, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh55 min
May 15, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton68 min
May 15, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Monroe, Northampton57 min
May 15, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks53 min
May 15, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks66 min
May 15, 7:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh3 hr
May 15, 7:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia62 min
May 15, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks53 min
May 14, 8:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot92 min
May 14, 9:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot89 min
May 14, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's92 min
May 15, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot58 min
May 15, 12:04 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex56 min
May 15, 4:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex58 min
May 15, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle65 min

Nearby

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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.