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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 22, 2012Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 22, 2012, 3:25 PM EDT for Carbon County, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 50 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, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Carbon County, PA, Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

773 
WWUS81 KPHI 221925
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

PAZ054-055-222015-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARBON AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 324 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF WILKES-BARRE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR EAST SIDE...NEW MAHONING AROUND
330 PM...JIM THORPE...LEHIGHTON AROUND 335 PM...ALBRIGHTSVILLE...
CHRISTMANS...LAKE HARMONY...BLAKESLEE AROUND 340 PM...MECKESVILLE AND
LAKE HARMONY AROUND 345 PM.

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 4115 7516 4114 7508 4108 7503 4109 7497
      4087 7528 4083 7539 4078 7568 4074 7575
      4080 7586 4091 7599 4101 7575 4105 7578
      4109 7577 4113 7568 4112 7564 4121 7556
      4123 7551 4125 7513

$$

FORECASTER:PO

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, 2:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon63 min
Jun 22, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonroe54 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.