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Special Weather Statement, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 30, 2015Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2015, 5:51 PM EDT for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 30, 2015, 5:51 PM EDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2015-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 600 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, Phillips Aaf/Abe, MD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
600 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

938 
WWUS81 KPHI 302151
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
551 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015
 
NJZ007-PAZ054-055-061-062-302215-
WARREN-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON-LEHIGH-
551 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WARREN...
SOUTHEASTERN CARBON...NORTHERN NORTHAMPTON...SOUTHERN MONROE AND
NORTH CENTRAL LEHIGH COUNTIES...

AT 551 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER KUNKLETOWN...OR 11
MILES EAST OF LEHIGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAST STROUDSBURG...PALMERTON...BANGOR...PEN ARGYL...WIND GAP...
HOPE...EAST BANGOR...STORMVILLE...DANIELSVILLE...SCOTRUN...
COLUMBIA...ROSSLAND...TANNERSVILLE...REEDERS...HERNYVILLE...
BELTZVILLE STATE PARK...BRODHEADSVILLE...MCMICHAEL...KUNKLETOWN AND
DELAWARE WATER GAP.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4114 7513 4114 7511 4091 7495 4073 7554
      4091 7569 4115 7514
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 241DEG 22KT 4086 7550 
$$

HEAVENER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren4 hr
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren60 min
Jun 30, 3:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI23 min
Jun 30, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem47 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren43 min
Jun 30, 3:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more13 hr
Jun 30, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester32 min
Jun 30, 4:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMorris25 min
Jun 30, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICamden, Gloucester57 min
Jun 30, 6:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIWarren25 min
Jun 30, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren47 min
Jun 30, 6:35 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryPHI3 hr
Jun 30, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren62 min
Jun 30, 10:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Monroe4 hr
Jun 30, 12:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks4 hr
Jun 30, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIBerks43 min
Jun 30, 1:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh52 min
Jun 30, 1:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh43 min
Jun 30, 1:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks4 hr
Jun 30, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester50 min
Jun 30, 2:00 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIBerks, Chester30 min
Jun 30, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton55 min
Jun 30, 2:13 PM EDTTornado WarningPHILehigh32 min
Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester26 min
Jun 30, 2:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBerks, Chester4 hr
Jun 30, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBerks, Chester, Montgomery56 min
Jun 30, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester49 min
Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDTTornado WarningPHILehigh, Northampton33 min
Jun 30, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIChester57 min
Jun 30, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery38 min
Jun 30, 2:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIBerks, Lehigh, Northampton4 hr
Jun 30, 3:08 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIChester4 hr
Jun 30, 3:22 PM EDTTornado WarningPHIChester, Delaware, Montgomery23 min
Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIChester37 min
Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHILehigh44 min
Jun 30, 3:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHICarbon, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton4 hr
Jun 30, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia45 min
Jun 30, 3:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIBucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia4 hr
Jun 30, 4:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe23 min
Jun 30, 4:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIDelaware, Philadelphia31 min
Jun 30, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICarbon29 min
Jun 30, 4:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPHIDelaware, Montgomery, Philadelphia3 hr
Jun 30, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIPhiladelphia61 min
Jun 30, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIMonroe27 min
Jun 30, 6:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICarbon, Monroe11 hr
Jun 30, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHICecil26 min
Jun 30, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIKent39 min
Jun 30, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICaroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot43 min
Jun 30, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHIQueen Anne's31 min
Jun 30, 6:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementPHISussex34 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.