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 7, 2012, 10:50 PM EDT for Warren County, New Jersey; Monroe County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 55 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 7, 2012, 10:50 PM EDT (02:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Warren County, NJ, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1859 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
869
WWUS81 KPHI 080250
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1050 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
NJZ001-007-PAZ054-055-062-080345-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
1050 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF CARBON...MONROE...
NORTHAMPTON...SUSSEX AND WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 1043 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEAD STORM ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF
WILKES-BARRE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.
THEY WILL BE NEAR BLAKESLEE AND TOBYHANNA AROUND 1100 PM...POCONO
PINES AND SCOTRUN AROUND 1115 PM...DELAWARE WATER GAP AROUND 1130 PM
AND HOPE AROUND 1145 PM.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS.
IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...MOVE INDOORS.
LAT...LON 4123 7513 4115 7514 4115 7508 4109 7503
4117 7490 4112 7474 4065 7517 4100 7578
4101 7574 4105 7578 4109 7577 4113 7570
4113 7564 4123 7554 4125 7523
$$
MPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 44 min | |
| Jul 7, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 11:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 1:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 8:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Chester | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester, Delaware | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Talbot | 59 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.