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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

March 12, 20148 counties in Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Mar 12, 2014, 5:20 PM EDT for 8 counties in 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
Mar 12, 2014, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2014, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

Counties Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD (KAPG), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2014-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 12, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 3:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

PAZ054-055-130000-
CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...PLUNGING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. AS THIS OCCURS
TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S TO START THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY FALL
THROUGH THE 30S AND 20S TOWARD MIDNIGHT, THEN TO NEAR 10 DEGREES
BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. AS THE MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN, ANY
LEFTOVER RAIN MAY BRIEFLY END AS SOME SNOW AND ANY WET UNTREATED
SURFACES WILL FLASH FREEZE.

IN ADDITION, NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT AND THEN THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALL OF THIS
CAN RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO AROUND 10
DEGREES BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TOWARD MORNING.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER AND ROAD CONDITIONS
TONIGHT.

NJZ001-007>010-012>015-PAZ060>062-103-105-106-130000-
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...
TRENTON...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON...
COLLEGEVILLE...POTTSTOWN...CHALFONT...PERKASIE...MORRISVILLE...
DOYLESTOWN
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...PLUNGING TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...

A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AS THIS OCCURS, WINDS WILL
QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH ALONG AND
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR IN PENNSYLVANIA.

FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S
EARLY THIS EVENING WILL RAPIDLY FALL THROUGH THE 30S AND 20S
TONIGHT. BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY, TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN
THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S. THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES
DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR ZERO OVERNIGHT AND TOWARD
MORNING.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT.
ANY LEFTOVER STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE ON ROADWAYS AND
WALKWAYS.

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ016>027-PAZ070-071-101-102-
104-130000-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-CECIL-KENT MD-
QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-
EASTERN CHESTER-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...DOVER...GEORGETOWN...
REHOBOTH BEACH...ELKTON...CHESTERTOWN...CENTREVILLE...EASTON...
DENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...
MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON...MILLVILLE...HAMMONTON...
CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE...OCEAN CITY...ATLANTIC CITY...
LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA...
HONEY BROOK...OXFORD...WEST CHESTER...KENNET SQUARE...
NORRISTOWN...LANSDALE
336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
POTENTIALLY LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO MOVE THROUGH LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING, FOLLOWED BY PLUNGING TEMPERATURES...

A RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PULL A STRONG COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. AS THIS OCCURS, A LINE OF HEAVY
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS TO ACCOMPANY THIS
LINE AS IT MOVES THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST, GENERALLY BETWEEN 5 PM
AND 8 PM. THE HIGHEST CHANCES FOR THIS TO OCCUR IS IN DELMARVA AND
THE WESTERN PHILADELPHIA SUBURBS.

ONCE THE LINE AND COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH, WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND
45 MPH ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FALLING. TEMPERATURES WILL
START EARLY THIS EVENING AROUND 60 DEGREES, BUT THEN RAPIDLY FALL
INTO THE 30S AND 20S DURING THE NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF RAPIDLY
FALLING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL
VALUES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS MANY AREAS TOWARD
MORNING.

BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANY LEFTOVER STANDING WATER WILL FREEZE ON
ROADWAYS AND WALKWAYS.

GIGI/GORSE
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 5:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
520 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

DEZ001-MDZ008-PAZ054-055-060>062-101>106-122215-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-CECIL MD-EASTERN CHESTER PA-EASTERN MONTGOMERY PA-
LEHIGH PA-LOWER BUCKS PA-MONROE PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
UPPER BUCKS PA-WESTERN CHESTER PA-WESTERN MONTGOMERY PA-
520 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014

...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT BERKS...BUCKS...
CARBON...CHESTER...LEHIGH...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...NORTHAMPTON...
NORTHERN CECIL AND NORTHWESTERN NEW CASTLE COUNTIES...

AT 512 PM EDT...SHOWERS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE FORMING ALONG A
LINE FROM SCHUYLKILL COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHERN MARYLAND NEAR
FREDERICK. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH.
THIS IS NEAR THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD FRONT.

THIS LINE OF SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR BLAKESLEE AROUND 530 PM...SCOTRUN
AROUND 545 PM...ANALOMINK AROUND 600 PM AND BLUE BELL AROUND 615 PM.

IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER, PLEASE MOVE INDOORS QUICKLY.

LAT...LON 4052 7627 4074 7577 4092 7600 4100 7575
      4111 7575 4126 7513 4109 7496 4098 7514
      4070 7520 4038 7495 4013 7505 3998 7528
      4005 7540 3984 7560 3984 7552 3954 7607
      3972 7623 3979 7605 4014 7589 4041 7631

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 4:00 AM EDTStorm WarningPHI25 hr
Mar 12, 4:05 AM EDTWind AdvisoryPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 10 more35 hr
Mar 12, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren88 min
Mar 12, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester70 min
Mar 12, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISalem77 min
Mar 12, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI87 min
Mar 12, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 3 more82 min
Mar 12, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery79 min
Mar 12, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot45 min
Mar 12, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline76 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.