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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2011Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2011, 4:13 AM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 92 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 22, 2011, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2011, 5:45 AM EDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 238 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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.

803 
WWUS81 KPHI 220813
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
413 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

PAZ054-055-220945-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
413 AM EDT WED JUN 22 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 408 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES WEST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR TRESCKOW...LANSFORD AROUND 445
AM...BEAVER MEADOWS...NESQUEHONING AROUND 500 AM...WEATHERLY...JIM
THORPE AROUND 515 AM...WHITE HAVEN...BELTZVILLE STATE PARK AROUND 530
AM...EAST SIDE AND CHRISTMANS AROUND 545 AM.

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 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4092 7523 4078 7565 4078 7570 4074 7578
      4084 7594 4090 7600 4092 7599 4098 7586
      4100 7575 4105 7578 4108 7578 4114 7568
      4113 7564 4119 7558 4124 7551

$$

HAYES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 3:31 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI59 min
Jun 22, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex36 min
Jun 22, 9:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris, Sussex44 min
Jun 22, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean53 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer61 min
Jun 22, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean61 min
Jun 22, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jun 22, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem58 min
Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren53 min
Jun 22, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset66 min
Jun 22, 4:53 PM EDTTornado WarningPHISussex, Warren37 min
Jun 22, 5:11 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren34 min
Jun 22, 5:31 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean29 min
Jun 22, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset48 min
Jun 21, 9:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe116 min
Jun 22, 2:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware60 min
Jun 22, 2:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware63 min
Jun 22, 3:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester, Delaware115 min
Jun 22, 6:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia58 min
Jun 22, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia60 min
Jun 22, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks57 min
Jun 22, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Montgomery, Philadelphia67 min
Jun 21, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's63 min
Jun 22, 12:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline65 min
Jun 22, 12:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil65 min
Jun 22, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot55 min
Jun 22, 1:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil61 min
Jun 22, 1:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICaroline, Talbot105 min
Jun 22, 2:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline58 min
Jun 22, 1:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent62 min
Jun 22, 2:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex119 min
Jun 22, 12:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 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.