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 Jul 4, 2012, 7:12 PM EDT for Monroe 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
- Jul 4, 2012, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Monroe County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS81 KPHI 042312
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
712 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
NJZ007-PAZ055-062-050015-
MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-WARREN NJ-
712 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONROE...NORTHAMPTON AND WARREN
COUNTIES...
AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR GOULDSBORO STATE PARK AROUND
730 PM...TOBYHANNA...POCONO PINES AROUND 745 PM...ANALOMINK...
PARADISE VALLEY AROUND 800 PM...ARLINGTON HEIGHTS AND EAST
STROUDSBURG AROUND 815 PM.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4119 7513 4115 7514 4115 7508 4109 7503
4109 7500 4105 7494 4082 7528 4113 7565
4123 7554 4124 7551 4125 7522
$$
HAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:39 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer | 12 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:39 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 5 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 7:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 66 min | |
| Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 6:33 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 25 hr |
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.