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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

July 9, 2014Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2014, 2:04 PM EDT for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 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 9, 2014, 2:04 PM EDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Lehigh County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 8, 7:27 PM EDT, 18 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 7:27 PM EDT, 18 hours 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 6:37 PM EDT, 19 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

DEZ001>003-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012-013-015>023-027-
PAZ054-055-060>062-070-071-101>106-092245-
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-
CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-WESTERN CHESTER-EASTERN CHESTER-
WESTERN MONTGOMERY-EASTERN MONTGOMERY-UPPER BUCKS-LOWER BUCKS-
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 404 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...NORTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW
JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW
JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND
SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NJZ014-024>026-092245-
EASTERN MONMOUTH-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 404 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DEZ004-092245-
DELAWARE BEACHES-
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 404 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN DELAWARE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ450>455-092245-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

ANZ430-431-092245-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
637 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 404 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR DELAWARE BAY WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 8:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI119 min
Jul 8, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem69 min
Jul 8, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington69 min
Jul 8, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more73 min
Jul 8, 9:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland58 min
Jul 8, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean63 min
Jul 8, 9:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI113 min
Jul 8, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI117 min
Jul 9, 8:52 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI12 hr
Jul 9, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex72 min
Jul 9, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex65 min
Jul 9, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex49 min
Jul 9, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren64 min
Jul 9, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris63 min
Jul 8, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia84 min
Jul 8, 8:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Lehigh, Northampton59 min
Jul 8, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester25 min
Jul 9, 2:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh65 min
Jul 9, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHINorthampton62 min
Jul 9, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICarbon, Monroe, Northampton53 min
Jul 9, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton92 min
Jul 9, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHILehigh, Monroe, Northampton48 min
Jul 8, 8:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICaroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot55 min
Jul 9, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICecil, Kent37 min
Jul 9, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHITalbot89 min
Jul 8, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent, New Castle58 min
Jul 9, 7:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex83 min
Jul 9, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.