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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 29, 2011Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2011, 12:48 AM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Berks County, Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 87 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 29, 2011, 12:48 AM EDT (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2011, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 2011-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

393 
WWUS81 KPHI 290448
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1248 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2011

NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-290615-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
1248 AM EDT WED JUN 29 2011

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

AT 1243 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES EAST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR ROSETO...PEN ARGYL AROUND 100
AM...EAST BANGOR...BANGOR AROUND 115 AM...HOPE...BLAIRSTOWN AROUND
130 AM...ALLAMUCHY...ALLAMUCHY-PANTHER VALLEY AROUND 145 AM...ANDOVER
AND LAKE MOHAWK AROUND 200 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 AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4108 7452 4027 7583 4053 7622 4060 7605
      4059 7603 4064 7600 4073 7579 4077 7582
      4091 7557 4112 7506 4109 7501 4112 7495
      4119 7489 4125 7474

$$

FORECASTER: NIERENBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 1:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic58 min
Jun 29, 2:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth, Ocean96 min
Jun 29, 2:15 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 28, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery44 min
Jun 28, 8:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks39 min
Jun 28, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware54 min
Jun 28, 9:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton93 min
Jun 28, 9:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Queen Anne's55 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2011Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 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.