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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Nov 1, 2013, 2:21 AM EDT for Hunterdon County, Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; Lehigh County, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 84 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
- Nov 1, 2013, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2013, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Hunterdon County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Lehigh County, PA, Northampton County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
542
WWUS81 KPHI 010621
SPSPHI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
221 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013
NJZ001-007>009-PAZ055-060>062-101-103-105-010745-
BERKS PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SUSSEX NJ-UPPER BUCKS PA-WARREN NJ-WESTERN CHESTER PA-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY PA-
221 AM EDT FRI NOV 1 2013
...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN
BERKS...HUNTERDON...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...NORTHERN
CHESTER...NORTHWESTERN BUCKS...NORTHWESTERN
MONTGOMERY...SOUTHEASTERN MONROE...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN
MORRIS COUNTIES...
AT 219 AM EDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS
LOCATED FROM ALLENTOWN TO READING TO NEW HOLLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST
RAPIDLY AT 60 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.
VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL FROM THESE STORMS...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO
POND ON ROADS AND FILL POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
THE LINE WILL BE NEAR NORTHAMPTON AROUND 230 AM...COLUMBIA AROUND
245 AM...BLAIRSTOWN AROUND 300 AM...PELLETTOWN AROUND 315 AM AND
SUCCASUNNA AROUND 330 AM.
LAT...LON 4126 7446 4125 7446 4060 7478 3983 7602
4011 7595 4014 7589 4023 7601 4075 7572
4081 7548 4086 7551 4111 7505 4110 7500
4134 7463
$$
TFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 3:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Nov 1, 7:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 67 min |
| Nov 1, 8:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 68 min |
| Nov 1, 9:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex and 4 more | 79 min |
| Nov 1, 9:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 65 min |
| Nov 1, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 81 min | |
| Nov 1, 10:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean | 76 min |
| Nov 1, 1:40 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 3 days | |
| Nov 1, 6:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe | 75 min |
| Nov 1, 8:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | New Castle | 63 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in New Jersey, 2013Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013
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.