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 15, 2012, 2:50 PM EDT for Carbon 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 15, 2012, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Carbon County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
115 WWUS81 KPHI 151850 CCA SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 250 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012 PAZ054-151945- CARBON PA- 250 PM EDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CARBON COUNTY... AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR TRACHSVILLE AROUND 305 PM. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING. RADAR INDICATES TOTAL RAINFALL UP TO AROUND TWO INCHES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS IN THE AREA AROUND JIM THORPE AND BELTZVILLE STATE PARK. LAT...LON 4096 7558 4082 7549 4081 7577 4093 7579 $$ FORECASTER: AMC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:44 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris and 1 more | 4 days |
| Jul 15, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Mercer | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 65 min | |
| Jul 15, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 24 min | |
| Jul 15, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 7:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Lehigh | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Bucks | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Lehigh, Northampton | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Berks, Bucks | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Sussex | 58 min |
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.