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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

September 27, 2011Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Sep 27, 2011, 11:13 AM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 27, 2011, 11:13 AM EDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2011, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 456 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2011-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

502 
WWUS81 KPHI 271513
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1113 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

PAZ054-271615-
CARBON PA-
1113 AM EDT TUE SEP 27 2011

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARBON 
COUNTY...

AT 1110 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LEHIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE SHOWERS AND 
POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LANSFORD AROUND 1125 AM...SUMMIT 
HILL...NEW MAHONING...TRESCKOW AROUND 1130 AM...NESQUEHONING... 
BEAVER MEADOWS AROUND 1140 AM...LEHIGHTON AROUND 1150 AM...JIM 
THORPE...WEISSPORT AND WEATHERLY AROUND 1155 AM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE SHOWERS AND FEW 
THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY 
FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO A 
HALF INCH IN AN HOUR MAY OCCUR WITH THE HEAVIEST CELLS. 

LAT...LON 4089 7559 4076 7580 4084 7594 4091 7600
      4094 7595 4095 7588 4098 7584 4100 7575
      4103 7576 4104 7575

$$

/AMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:39 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean13 hr
Sep 27, 3:00 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean8 hr
Sep 27, 10:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISchuylkill45 min
Sep 27, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILebanon83 min
Sep 27, 7:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHIBerks3 hr
Sep 27, 7:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe93 min
Sep 27, 7:45 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningPHICarbon3 hr
Sep 27, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline96 min

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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.