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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2011Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2011, 1:48 AM EDT for Carbon 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
Jun 11, 2011, 1:48 AM EDT (05:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 961 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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.

861 
WWUS81 KPHI 110548
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
148 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

PAZ054-055-060>062-110645-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
148 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

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

AT 148 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF WILKES-BARRE TO 43 MILES NORTHWEST OF READING...MOVING EAST AT 25 
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TRESCKOW...BEAVER MEADOWS AROUND 
215 AM...WHITE HAVEN...WEATHERLY AROUND 230 AM...LAKE HARMONY AND 
CHRISTMANS AROUND 245 AM.

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 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4051 7643 4054 7618 4060 7605 4059 7603
      4064 7600 4074 7578 4084 7594 4091 7600
      4100 7575 4105 7578 4109 7578 4114 7570
      4111 7535 4085 7554 4063 7577 4054 7600
      4049 7644

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris60 min
Jun 11, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris53 min
Jun 11, 12:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex3 hr
Jun 11, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIUnion65 min
Jun 11, 4:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Warren67 min
Jun 11, 3:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIGloucester49 min
Jun 11, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICamden, Gloucester93 min
Jun 11, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester47 min
Jun 11, 4:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic85 min
Jun 11, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic47 min
Jun 11, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI44 min
Jun 11, 5:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic51 min
Jun 11, 2:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh58 min
Jun 11, 3:26 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton64 min
Jun 11, 3:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh3 hr
Jun 11, 3:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks57 min
Jun 11, 5:21 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks54 min
Jun 11, 6:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester58 min
Jun 11, 6:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe63 min
Jun 11, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline44 min
Jun 11, 5:53 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex67 min
Jun 11, 6:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex56 min
Jun 11, 6:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex113 min
Jun 11, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex47 min
Jun 11, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex55 min
Jun 11, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jun 11, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIKent, New Castle39 min
Jun 11, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent48 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIKent63 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.