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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2012Carbon County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2012, 2:42 AM EDT for Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 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, 2012, 2:42 AM EDT (06:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 3:45 AM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Carbon County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1037 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 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 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
1037 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

735 
WWUS81 KPHI 220642
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
242 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

PAZ054-220745-
CARBON PA-
242 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARBON COUNTY...

AT 238 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 27 MILES WEST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR TRESCKOW...BEAVER MEADOWS AROUND
315 AM...WEATHERLY...JIM THORPE AROUND 330 AM...WEISSPORT EAST AND
LEHIGHTON AROUND 345 AM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS
WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

LAT...LON 4103 7554 4097 7554 4095 7557 4091 7554
      4078 7563 4078 7568 4073 7577 4084 7592
      4091 7600 4101 7575 4108 7578 4112 7571
      4112 7565

$$

FORECASTER: HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 10:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean33 min
Jun 22, 11:57 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean63 min
Jun 22, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean60 min
Jun 22, 12:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean42 min
Jun 22, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI84 min
Jun 22, 12:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jun 22, 12:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIOcean2 hr
Jun 22, 12:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean52 min
Jun 22, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean61 min
Jun 22, 1:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIOcean6 hr
Jun 22, 1:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington83 min
Jun 22, 1:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 22, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean59 min
Jun 22, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean56 min
Jun 22, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean73 min
Jun 22, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI56 min
Jun 22, 2:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean119 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic56 min
Jun 22, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jun 22, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Ocean63 min
Jun 22, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth59 min
Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jun 22, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean59 min
Jun 22, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jun 22, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 22, 3:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic2 hr
Jun 22, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex65 min
Jun 22, 4:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington43 min
Jun 22, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI85 min
Jun 22, 4:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren66 min
Jun 22, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland44 min
Jun 22, 4:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean60 min
Jun 22, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI94 min
Jun 22, 4:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean2 hr
Jun 22, 4:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May56 min
Jun 22, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren45 min
Jun 22, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Ocean55 min
Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean59 min
Jun 22, 5:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI97 min
Jun 22, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Somerset42 min
Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer57 min
Jun 22, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI96 min
Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem62 min
Jun 22, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean, Salem119 min
Jun 22, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester102 min
Jun 22, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester56 min
Jun 22, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem54 min
Jun 22, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI60 min
Jun 22, 7:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHISalem93 min
Jun 22, 7:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth73 min
Jun 22, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem69 min
Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe54 min
Jun 22, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe50 min
Jun 22, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex29 min
Jun 22, 1:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex118 min
Jun 22, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jun 22, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex60 min
Jun 22, 3:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex2 hr
Jun 22, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex67 min
Jun 22, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, Sussex61 min
Jun 22, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 min
Jun 22, 5:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex50 min
Jun 22, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil62 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent59 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.