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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 28, 2012Chester County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2012, 2:33 PM EDT for Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 57 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 28, 2012, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Chester County, PA

The radar

The Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 552 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2012-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

302 
WWUS81 KPHI 281833
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
233 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

PAZ067-281930-
CHESTER PA-
233 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CHESTER COUNTY...

AT 232 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR HOMEVILLE...MOUNT VERNON AROUND
315 PM...COCHRANVILLE AND WEST GROVE AROUND 330 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 AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3981 7604 3983 7604 3983 7602 3985 7603
      3988 7600 3996 7600 4003 7594 4008 7594
      4007 7561 3973 7579 3976 7607

$$

HAYES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 11:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington, Camden90 min
Jul 28, 11:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth58 min
Jul 28, 12:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMercer39 min
Jul 28, 12:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean60 min
Jul 28, 12:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean44 min
Jul 28, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland58 min
Jul 28, 12:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonmouth, Ocean55 min
Jul 28, 12:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset48 min
Jul 28, 1:02 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI58 min
Jul 28, 1:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex66 min
Jul 28, 1:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIOcean55 min
Jul 28, 1:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHISussex3 hr
Jul 28, 1:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 28, 1:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex54 min
Jul 28, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonmouth64 min
Jul 28, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris53 min
Jul 28, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex57 min
Jul 28, 2:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex67 min
Jul 28, 2:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMorris, Sussex3 hr
Jul 28, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICape May62 min
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBurlington, Camden3 hr
Jul 28, 2:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris64 min
Jul 28, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI42 min
Jul 28, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington57 min
Jul 28, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden63 min
Jul 28, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic66 min
Jul 28, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris53 min
Jul 28, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren60 min
Jul 28, 3:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIWarren81 min
Jul 28, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI62 min
Jul 28, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren55 min
Jul 28, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic59 min
Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIWarren4 hr
Jul 28, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBurlington63 min
Jul 28, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset56 min
Jul 28, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden54 min
Jul 28, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Jul 28, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean38 min
Jul 28, 5:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren3 hr
Jul 28, 5:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic3 hr
Jul 28, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICumberland53 min
Jul 28, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISomerset62 min
Jul 28, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren57 min
Jul 28, 6:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic55 min
Jul 28, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI54 min
Jul 28, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem57 min
Jul 28, 6:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more99 min
Jul 28, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland56 min
Jul 28, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren60 min
Jul 28, 7:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jul 28, 7:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic66 min
Jul 28, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic58 min
Jul 28, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren65 min
Jul 28, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon64 min
Jul 28, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks52 min
Jul 28, 12:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe63 min
Jul 28, 12:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe2 hr
Jul 28, 1:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia59 min
Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe57 min
Jul 28, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon, Monroe64 min
Jul 28, 5:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIMonroe3 hr
Jul 28, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton61 min
Jul 28, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe59 min
Jul 28, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon67 min
Jul 28, 5:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe3 hr
Jul 28, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe60 min
Jul 28, 5:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHILehigh, Northampton3 hr
Jul 28, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton62 min
Jul 28, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBucks65 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton63 min
Jul 28, 7:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Lehigh116 min
Jul 28, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester53 min
Jul 28, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe62 min
Jul 28, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester48 min
Jul 28, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex61 min
Jul 28, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINew Castle55 min
Jul 28, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil63 min
Jul 28, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil65 min
Jul 28, 4:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICecil95 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.