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 24, 2012, 3:41 AM EDT for Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 94 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 24, 2012, 3:41 AM EDT (07:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2012, 5:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
County Pike County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2382 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
533
WWUS81 KPHI 240741
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
341 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
NJZ001-PAZ055-240915-
MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-
341 AM EDT TUE JUL 24 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONROE AND SUSSEX COUNTIES...
AT 340 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCRANTON...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR LAKE IN THE CLOUDS...SKYTOP AROUND
430 AM AND HAINESVILLE AROUND 515 AM.
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS
EARLIER. BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLOODING.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 4108 7483 4111 7497 4112 7497 4124 7512
4115 7514 4114 7507 4113 7507 4123 7552
4126 7513 4112 7496 4117 7489 4129 7484
4132 7478
$$
HAYESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Morris | 94 min |
| Jul 24, 3:23 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 37 hr | |
| Jul 24, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 85 min | |
| Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 90 min |
| Jul 24, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 88 min |
| Jul 24, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 92 min | |
| Jul 24, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Gloucester | 93 min |
| Jul 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 59 min |
| Jul 24, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 59 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.