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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

August 7, 2011Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2011, 7:20 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 7, 2011, 7:20 PM EDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 496 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

802 
WWUS81 KPHI 072320
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
720 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011

PAZ055-080000-
MONROE PA-
720 PM EDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MONROE COUNTY...

AT 714 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN A SHORT LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS 
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES EAST OF SCRANTON TO 10 MILES 
SOUTH OF SCRANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND 
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GOULDSBORO STATE PARK AROUND 730 
PM...TOBYHANNA...POCONO PINES AROUND 740 PM...SKYTOP AROUND 745 
PM...CANADENSIS...MOUNTAINHOME...MOUNTAINHOME...MOUNT POCONO AROUND 
750 PM...PARADISE VALLEY AROUND 755 PM AND HERNYVILLE AROUND 800 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES.

WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4123 7513 4116 7516 4115 7509 4110 7505
      4108 7501 4095 7524 4117 7561 4123 7554
      4123 7552 4125 7550 4125 7516

$$

FORECASTER:  DRAG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:49 PM EDTFlood WatchPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren9 hr
Aug 6, 10:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren6 hr
Aug 7, 12:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris63 min
Aug 7, 1:32 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Warren3 hr
Aug 7, 1:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren3 hr
Aug 7, 3:56 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon64 min
Aug 7, 4:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Somerset60 min
Aug 7, 5:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Somerset81 min
Aug 7, 5:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer, Middlesex60 min
Aug 7, 6:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHISussex, Warren14 hr
Aug 7, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer35 min
Aug 7, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren26 min
Aug 7, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean27 min
Aug 7, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth41 min
Aug 7, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex28 min
Aug 7, 6:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex41 min
Aug 7, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex49 min
Aug 7, 7:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex25 min
Aug 6, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks84 min
Aug 6, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPike61 min
Aug 7, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMontgomery57 min
Aug 7, 2:29 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton3 hr
Aug 7, 3:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia23 min
Aug 7, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil28 min
Aug 7, 4:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil40 min
Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil36 min
Aug 7, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent29 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.