Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at May 4, 2012, 6:07 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 5 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 113 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
- May 4, 2012, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
388
WWUS81 KPHI 042207
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
607 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012
NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-060>062-050000-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
607 PM EDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST...MOVING AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS, HEAVY RAIN, CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING, AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 4121 7437 4093 7465 4091 7477 4071 7498
4042 7548 4044 7553 4025 7569 4014 7587
4049 7643 4058 7602 4074 7577 4091 7600
4101 7575 4109 7577 4123 7554 4126 7513
4115 7514 4109 7502 4132 7480 4136 7469
$$
KRUZDLOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 4:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 54 min |
| May 4, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 64 min |
| May 4, 4:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 53 min |
| May 4, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 45 min |
| May 4, 1:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 58 min |
| May 4, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 15 min |
| May 4, 1:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 26 min |
| May 4, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Caroline | 38 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2012Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.