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 Oct 19, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT for Berks County, Carbon County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 45 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
- Oct 19, 2012, 1:30 AM EDT (05:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2012, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
572
WWUS81 KPHI 190530
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
130 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012
PAZ054-060>062-190615-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-NORTHAMPTON PA-
130 AM EDT FRI OCT 19 2012
...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT
BERKS...CARBON...LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES...
AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING ACROSS
CENTRAL BERKS COUNTY. SOME ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
ACROSS CARBON COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT
40 MPH.
THE LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR
TRESCKOW...WEST READING...TEMPLE...READING AROUND 135 AM...BEAVER
MEADOWS...MOUNT PENN...LENHARTSVILLE...LANSFORD AROUND 140
AM...WANAMAKERS AND NEW MAHONING AROUND 145 AM.
LOCAL WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR SAFETY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND QUICKLY FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
LAT...LON 4110 7561 4096 7555 4094 7557 4090 7553
4054 7539 4019 7596 4027 7609 4057 7608
4059 7602 4065 7599 4074 7577 4091 7600
4101 7575 4108 7578 4113 7570 4114 7567
$$
FORECASTER: GORSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 4:15 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 19, 11:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 105 min |
| Oct 19, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon | 42 min |
| Oct 19, 2:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 45 min |
| Oct 19, 3:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton | 3 hr |
| Oct 19, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cecil | 95 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.