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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2011Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2011, 3:26 AM EDT for Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 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, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Berks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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°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.

028 
WWUS81 KPHI 110726
SPSPHI

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

PAZ054-060>062-067>069-110830-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-LEHIGH PA-MONTGOMERY PA-
NORTHAMPTON PA-
326 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BERKS...BUCKS...CARBON...
CHESTER...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...

AT 323 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF 
LEHIGHTON TO 12 MILES WEST OF READING...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BEERSVILLE...WYOMISSING HILLS AROUND 345 
AM...BATH...NAZARETH AROUND 400 AM...WEST EASTON AND WILSON AROUND 
415 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.

EXPECT FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER 
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A 
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4039 7607 4059 7581 4082 7573 4085 7550
      4081 7547 4086 7530 4087 7520 4066 7520
      4065 7521 4059 7519 4034 7546 4014 7586
      4017 7594 4033 7618 4036 7619

$$

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, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon57 min
Jun 11, 2:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh58 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

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.