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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 11, 2011Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2011, 6:17 AM EDT for Berks County, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Cecil County, Maryland; New Castle County, Delaware. It was in force for 58 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, 6:17 AM EDT (10:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 7:15 AM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties New Castle County, DE, Cecil County, MD, Berks County, PA, Chester County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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.

652 
WWUS81 KPHI 111017
SPSPHI

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

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ016-PAZ060-061-067>070-111115-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-DELAWARE PA-LEHIGH PA-
MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-SALEM NJ-
617 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BERKS...BUCKS...CECIL...
CHESTER...DELAWARE...LEHIGH...MONTGOMERY...NEW CASTLE AND SALEM
COUNTIES...

AT 613 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF
READING TO 18 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER TO 18 MILES WEST OF ELKTON...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MOUNT VERNON...
HOMEVILLE AROUND 630 AM...COCHRANVILLE...FARMINGTON AROUND 645 AM...
LEESPORT...NEW MORGAN AROUND 700 AM...ELVERSON AND MOUNT PENN AROUND
715 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 4044 7626 4048 7550 4002 7539 3945 7552
      3950 7557 3958 7554 3958 7556 3950 7558
      3944 7556 3945 7602 3953 7599 3954 7607
      3969 7622 3973 7620 3974 7613 3978 7607
      3987 7601 4011 7595 4014 7590 4036 7623

$$

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, 3:26 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, 6:42 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

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Special Weather Statements in Maryland, 2011Special Weather Statements in Delaware, 2011Every special weather statement in 2011

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.